Census-designated place · Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

Hokendauqua, Pennsylvania

Hokendauqua is a census-designated place in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, part of the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metro area. It has 3,145 residents. Hokendauqua, Pennsylvania has a quality-of-life score of 62 out of 100 (high), ranking #5,957 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Pennsylvania it ranks #494 of 997 cities and towns. It ranks best on poverty rate (low), flu vaccinations (high) and mammography screening (high). It ranks worst on child care cost burden (high), public libraries (low) and drought exposure (high).

62High

Quality-of-life score: #5,957 of 15,651 cities and towns
Pennsylvania: #494 of 997 in PA
Population: 3,145 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 2,854.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 4235120

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety69#4,910/15,637
Economy64#5,684/15,631
Housing51#7,316/14,977
Health62#5,937/15,609
Healthcare89#1,758/15,650
Environment45#8,500/15,453
Education64#5,698/15,649
Infrastructure18#12,788/15,650
Community65#5,488/15,651
Leisure & amenities40#9,333/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Hokendauqua, Pennsylvania ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Lehigh County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Poverty rate · low0.6%
99/100Pennsylvania 11.6%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001High uncertainty
Flu vaccinations · high57.0%
97/100Pennsylvania 52.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLehigh County value
Mammography screening · high56.0%
94/100Pennsylvania 51.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLehigh County value
Mental health care shortage · low0.0
91/100Pennsylvania 1.0United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationLehigh County value
Primary care shortage · low0.0
90/100Pennsylvania 1.0United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationLehigh County value
Primary care physicians · high100 /100k
83/100Pennsylvania 80 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLehigh County value

Weaknesses

Child care cost burden · high43.7%
3/100Pennsylvania 34.6%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLehigh County value
Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
14/100Pennsylvania 0.5 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesLehigh County value
Drought exposure · high75%
17/100Pennsylvania 26%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAALehigh County value
Comfortable days · low23.7%
18/100Pennsylvania 23.8%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationLehigh County value
Broadband subscriptions · low82.2%
20/100Pennsylvania 89.7%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Job growth · low-1.3%
22/100Pennsylvania -0.1%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataLehigh County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
2,667 (2015-2019) → 3,145 (2020-2024)
+18%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
23.1% (2015-2019) → 33.9% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Average commute timeWorsening
21.6 min (2015-2019) → 27.6 min (2020-2024)
+28%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Median household incomeImproving
$70,525 (2015-2019) → $84,350 (2020-2024)
+20%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
32.0% (2015-2019) → 35.8% (2020-2024)
+3.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
55.8% (2015-2019) → 52.4% (2020-2024)
−3.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Hokendauqua, Pennsylvania improved on 0 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 10 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Hokendauqua, Pennsylvania between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	21.6 min2015-2019	27.6 min2020-2024	+6.0 min	Within the margin of error	7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%2015-2019	33.9%2020-2024	+11 points	Within the margin of error	92%
Broadband subscriptions	84.0%2015-2019	82.2%2020-2024	−1.8 points	Within the margin of error	5%
Child poverty rate	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Effective property tax rate	1.27%2015-2019	1.39%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	5%
High school diploma or higher	91.3%2015-2019	94.5%2020-2024	+3.2 points	Within the margin of error	70%
Home price to income ratio	2.8×2015-2019	3.0×2020-2024	+0.3×	Within the margin of error	64%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3722015-2019	0.4302020-2024	+0.058	Within the margin of error	13%
Median household income	$70,5252015-2019	$84,3502020-2024	+20%	Within the margin of error	32%
Rent-burdened households	55.8%2015-2019	52.4%2020-2024	−3.4 points	Within the margin of error	67%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Hokendauqua, Pennsylvania five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Hokendauqua, Pennsylvania in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Hokendauqua, Pennsylvania itself moved −10 points in standing on average over the same 9 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

3,145 residents (±685)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 50–59 men (−6.1 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

3,145 residents (±685)

Hokendauqua, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

White89%2,801
Black2.2%†70
Hispanic or Latino5.0%†157

Education

2,466 residents (±587)

Hokendauqua, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

No high school diploma5.5%†136
High school or GED36%879
Some college12%†307

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,322 households (±214)

Hokendauqua, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $25k13%†174
$25k–50k23%†298
$50k–75k9.5%†125
$75k–100k16%†216
$100k–150k21%†278
$150k–200k11%†142
$200k or more6.7%†89

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $50k–75k (−14.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,322 households (±214)

Hokendauqua, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Own74%976
Rent26%†346

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

290 households (±116)

Hokendauqua, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $75022%†63
$750–1,0005.5%†16
$1,000–1,50025%†

Home values

976 homes (±190)

Hokendauqua, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $150k15%†147
$150k–250k31%†303
$250k–400k46%†449

Age of homes

1,381 homes (±229)

Hokendauqua, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

2010 or later0.0%0
2000–20095.9%†81
1980–199911%†158

Size of homes

1,381 homes (±229)

Hokendauqua, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Studio0.8%†11
1 bedroom16%†220
2 bedrooms23%†323

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,829 workers (±516)

Hokendauqua, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Drive alone81%†1,487
Carpool8.3%†151
Public transit1.3%†23
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home9.2%†168
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+8.3 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,661 workers (±500)

Hokendauqua, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under 15 min25%†410
15–29 min44%†729
30–44 min16%†

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Lehigh County, the county holding most of Hokendauqua's residents.

Lehigh County has 8,681 employer establishments, 228 for every 10,000 residents (0.92× the US rate of 248; 0.97× Pennsylvania's), with 201,146 paid employees at an average annual pay of $63,513. The Census Bureau also counts 31,152 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 8,681; 31,152 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 228; US 248 · Pennsylvania 236
Paid employees: 201,146
Average annual pay: $63,513; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Lehigh County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	831	21.9	1.05×About typical	17,784	$90,683	1,429
Restaurants and other eating places	617	16.2	0.88×About typical	10,284	$21,320	245
Specialty trade contractors	459	12.1	0.78×Fewer than typical	5,606	$76,082	1,694
Offices of physicians	336	8.8	1.37×More than typical	10,928	$117,767	290
Lessors of real estate	301	7.9	0.64×Fewer than typical	1,303	$53,091	3,075
Limited-service restaurants	289	7.6	0.95×About typical	4,191	$19,157	81
Truck transportation	284	7.5	1.48×More than typical	2,507	$68,611	1,242
Personal care services	258	6.8	1.42×More than typical	1,276	$28,278	1,282
Full-service restaurants	255	6.7	0.87×About typical	5,209	$23,654	131
Services to buildings and dwellings	247	6.5	0.96×About typical	3,592	$41,957	1,684
Religious organizations	225	5.9	1.07×About typical	1,806	$27,181	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	213	5.6	1.11×About typical	1,194	$48,225	396

Rank places for an industry Open Lehigh County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 380,068 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated -$118 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Hokendauqua, Pennsylvania: -$0.04 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: -$118; −100% vs FY2025
Per resident: -$0.04; US $1,995
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

NIGHT VISION DEVICES INC-$1180.0%

Spending by fiscal year

1.6KFY2017
1.8KFY2018
15.7KFY2019
130.3KFY2020
15.5KFY2021
30.4KFY2022
24.2KFY2023
29.6KFY2024
46.1K

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Hokendauqua, Pennsylvania, so they do not add up across cities.

Hokendauqua, Pennsylvania's figures are part of those of Lehigh County, PA ($241.5M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Hokendauqua is mostly in Lehigh County.

See federal money in Lehigh County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Hokendauqua, Pennsylvania is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Ryan MackenzieR-PA-7 · 100% of residentsWith party 94%Missed 1.9%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Lehigh County70100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ74

Other cities and towns in Lehigh County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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