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.

Unlike some cities, Bethlehem isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Bethlehem are a mix of both white- and blue-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.

In addition, Bethlehem is a college town. There are a lot of students in Bethlehem attending college, and as a result Bethlehem provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared to the needs and activities of students.

The city is also nautical, which means that parts of Bethlehem are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

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 percentage of people in Bethlehem who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 14.96%: 23.83% of adults in Bethlehem 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.