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Bethlehem, PA real estate and demographic information

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Bethlehem zip codes18018, 18017, 18020, 18015, 18045, 18055

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POPULATION
71,329

Bethlehem, PA Information

BETHLEHEM INFORMATION DETAILS
POPULATION 71,329
NUMBER OF HOMES AND APARTMENTS 29,631
BETHLEHEM HOME OWNERSHIP
% OWNER OCCUPIED 55.13%
% RENTER OCCUPIED 39.76%
% VACANT 5.11%
TYPE OF BETHLEHEM HOMES
SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED 37.40%
ROWHOUSES AND ATTACHED HOMES 30.77%
SMALL APARTMENT BUILDINGS 13.98%
COMPLEXES OR HIGH RISE APARTMENTS 17.67%
MOBILE HOMES 0.19%
OTHER 0.00%
SIZE OF BETHLEHEM HOMES
NO BEDROOM 2.09%
1 BEDROOM 17.11%
2 BEDROOMS 23.23%
3 BEDROOMS 40.67%
4 BEDROOMS 12.89%
5 OR MORE BEDROOMS 4.01%
AGE OF HOMES
NEWER HOMES (1995 OR LATER) 1.19%
ESTABLISHED, BUT NOT OLD HOMES (1970-1994) 20.47%
WELL-ESTABLISHED, OLD HOMES (1940-1969) 41.95%
HISTORIC (1939 OR BEFORE) 36.39%


BETHLEHEM REAL ESTATE INFORMATION DETAILS
MEDIAN HOME VALUE $203,172
MEDIAN RENTAL PRICE $901
HOME VALUE RANGE
$0-$104,000 6.16%
$104,001-$210,000 47.63%
$210,001-$418,000 40.09%
$418,001-$628,000 4.09%
$628,001-$837,000 1.07%
$837,001-$1,046,000 0.31%
$1,046,001-$1,569,000 0.50%
$1,569,001-$2,092,000 0.15%
> $2,092,000 0.00%


PEOPLE OF Bethlehem DETAILS
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
UNDER 5 YEARS 5.34%
5 TO 17 15.44%
18 TO 24 14.63%
25 TO 34 12.67%
35 TO 54 26.17%
55 TO 64 7.98%
65 YEARS AND OVER 17.77%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF ADULTS
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES 78.41%
COLLEGE GRADUATES 23.83%
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME $35,815
PER CAPITA INCOME $18,987
INDIVIDUALS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL 15.03%
INDUSTRIES PEOPLE WORK IN Manufacturing (16.30%), Education (13.99%), Healthcare (13.67%), Retail (11.18%), Accomodation (6.93%), Finance (4.93%), Other (4.68%), Administration (4.51%), Professional, scientific, and technical services (4.27%), Construction (4.16%), Information Technology (3.03%), Transportation (2.97%), Public Service (2.73%), Wholesale (2.71%)
ATTENDING COLLEGE 11.70%
RACIAL MAKEUP
WHITE 81.67%
BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN 3.61%
AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE 0.16%
ASIAN 2.19%
NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDER 0.03%
SOME OTHER RACE ALONE 9.65%
TWO OR MORE RACES 2.70%
HISPANIC OR LATINO (OF ANY RACE) 18.26%
ETHNICITIES PRESENT Other Groups (21.17%), Unclassified (15.84%), German (15.79%), Italian (7.90%), Irish (7.41%), English (3.22%), United States or American (3.15%), Slovak (2.97%), Hungarian (2.96%), Polish (2.96%), Pennsylvania German (2.64%)
FOREIGN BORN 6.12%
LANGUAGES SPOKEN English (74.66%) , Spanish (13.56%)
About Bethlehem

Bethlehem is a larger medium-sized coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 71,329 people and 25 constituent neighborhoods, Bethlehem is the seventh largest community in Pennsylvania.

Bethlehem is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Bethlehem is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bethlehem who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.47%), sales jobs (9.83%), and teaching (7.50%).

Also of interest is that Bethlehem has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Because there are quite a few people attending college in Bethlehem, it is thought of as a college town. To the benefit of the many students in the area, Bethlehem provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards their needs and activities.

One of the nice things about Bethlehem is that is it nautical, meaning that parts of the city are somewhat historic and on the ocean, or touch tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities.

Bethlehem is a decent-sized city, yet no one gets to work using public transit, because the city has no real transit system.

Bethlehem Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Bethlehem is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 14.96%: 23.83% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Bethlehem in 2000 was $18,987, which is middle income relative to Pennsylvania, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $75,948 for a family of four.

Bethlehem is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Bethlehem home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Bethlehem is White, followed by African-American. Bethlehem also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.26% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Bethlehem include German, Italian, Irish, English, Slovak, Hungarian, Polish, and Pennsylvania German.

The most common language spoken in Bethlehem is English. Some people also speak Spanish.

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