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Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

Lehigh County, Pennsylvania has a quality-of-life score of 70 out of 100 (high), ranking #939 of 3,143 US counties. Within Pennsylvania it ranks #25 of 67 counties. It ranks best on flu vaccinations (high), mental health care shortage (low) and primary care shortage (low). It ranks worst on child care cost burden (high), public libraries (low) and rent as share of income (high).

70High

Quality-of-life score: #939 of 3,143 counties
Pennsylvania: #25 of 67 in PA
Population: 384,383 (2025)
Land area: 345 mi²
Density: 1,113.1 /mi²
FIPS code: 42077

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 77 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety78#678/3,096
Economy62#1,200/3,143
Housing3#3,031/3,140
Health76#768/3,144
Healthcare96#139/3,143
Environment35#2,030/3,108
Education70#943/3,144
Infrastructure81#606/3,144
Community74#809/3,144
Leisure & amenities54#1,446/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Lehigh County, Pennsylvania ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Flu vaccinations · high57.0%
98/100Pennsylvania 52.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Mental health care shortage · low0.0
96/100Pennsylvania 1.0United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Primary care shortage · low0.0
94/100Pennsylvania 1.0United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Average weekly wage · high$1,397
92/100Pennsylvania $1,429United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Mammography screening · high56.0%
92/100Pennsylvania 51.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Dentists · high89 /100k
91/100Pennsylvania 73 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

Child care cost burden · high43.7%
3/100Pennsylvania 34.6%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
8/100Pennsylvania 0.5 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library Services
Rent as share of income · high32.5%
8/100Pennsylvania 29.2%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Effective property tax rate · high1.41%
9/100Pennsylvania 1.25%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Rent-burdened households · high55.0%
10/100Pennsylvania 48.2%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Drought exposure · high75%
18/100Pennsylvania 26%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA

Trends

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

Distance to an airportWorsening
7 mi (2020) → 52 mi (2025)
+696%5 yearsUS 33 mi → 33 mi
Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 75% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+75 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
High ozone daysImproving
1 days (2017) → 0 days (2022)
−100%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Child care cost burdenWorsening
24.8% (2020 & 2021) → 43.7% (2023 & 2024)
+19 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
75.1% (2010 & 2021) → 88.3% (2022 & 2024)
+13 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Drug overdose deathsImproving
37.2 /100k (2021) → 14.3 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−62%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k

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, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania improved on 11 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 18 moved within the margin of error and 1 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved11

Unemployment−5 points9.6% → 4.6%
Students / teacher−2.1×15.6× → 13.5×
Bachelor's++4.3 points29.9% → 34.2%
Overdose deaths−51%29.4 /100k → 14.3 /100k
Violent crime−25%203 /100k → 151 /100k

Declined3

Airport+46 mi7 mi → 52 mi
Transit use−0.7 points2.1% → 1.4%
Price / income+0.5×3.3× → 3.8×

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.7 /10k2020	3.4 /10k2025	−7.6%	Within the margin of error	22%
Average commute time	24.8 min2015-2019	24.9 min2020-2024	+0.1 min	Within the margin of error	57%
Average weekly wage	$1,1742020	$1,3972025	+19%	Improved	18%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.9%2015-2019	34.2%2020-2024	+4.3 points	Improved	76%
Broadband subscriptions	83.3%2015-2019	90.0%2020-2024	+6.7 points	Improved	20%
Child poverty rate	18.2%2019	15.8%2024	−2.4 points	Within the margin of error	64%
Distance to an airport	7 mi2020	52 mi2025	+46 mi	Declined	0%
Drug overdose deaths	29.4 /100k2020	14.3 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−51%	Improved	77%
Effective property tax rate	1.75%2015-2019	1.42%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	92%
Firearm deaths	8.8 /100k2020	11.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+32%	Within the margin of error	15%
Grocery stores	1.5 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	−0.8%	Within the margin of error	50%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.3 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	−11%	Within the margin of error	26%
High school diploma or higher	89.0%2015-2019	90.5%2020-2024	+1.5 points	Within the margin of error	43%
Home price to income ratio	3.3×2015-2019	3.8×2020-2024	+0.5×	Declined	38%
Homicide rate	3.7 /100k2020	2.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−32%	Within the margin of error	56%
Income adjusted for local prices	$54,8052019	$66,9342024	+22%	Improved	6%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4572015-2019	0.4652020-2024	+0.008	Within the margin of error	39%
Median household income	$65,4362019	$80,8202024	+24%	Improved	43%
New business applications	9.8 /1k2020	13.3 /1k2025	+36%	Improved	39%
Pharmacies	2.2 /10k2020	2.0 /10k2025	−11%	Within the margin of error	39%
Poverty rate	11.5%2019	11.1%2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	55%
Property crime rate	1,460 /100k2020	1,053 /100k2025	−28%	Improved	36%
Public libraries	0.2 /10k2019	0.2 /10k2024	−3.6%	Within the margin of error	33%
Public transit commuters	2.1%2015-2019	1.4%2020-2024	−0.7 points	Declined	25%
Rent as share of income	31.3%2015-2019	32.5%2020-2024	+1.2 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Rent-burdened households	52.6%2015-2019	54.9%2020-2024	+2.4 points	Within the margin of error	39%
Restaurants and bars	7.8 /10k2020	7.5 /10k2025	−4.2%	Within the margin of error	37%
Students per teacher	15.6×2019	13.5×2024	−2.1×	Improved	88%
Suicide rate	12.8 /100k2020	15.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+18%	Within the margin of error	23%
Traffic deaths	7.9 /100k2015-2019	8.0 /100k2020-2024	+0.6%	Within the margin of error	55%
Unemployment rate	9.6%2020	4.6%2025	−5 points	Improved	94%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	8.1%2019	8.8%2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	12%
Violent crime rate	203 /100k2020	151 /100k2025	−25%	Improved	63%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 3144 counties 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.

Counties like Lehigh County, Pennsylvania five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Lehigh County, 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, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania itself moved −1.2 points in standing on average over the same 32 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

378,792 residents

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 (−0.7 points).

Table view

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

Race and Hispanic origin

378,792 residents

Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

White59%223,873
Black5.9%22,374
Hispanic or Latino28%105,976

Education

260,701 residents (±69)

Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

No high school diploma9.5%24,800
High school or GED32%82,752
Some college15%40,052

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

144,386 households (±695)

Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $25k13%18,709
$25k–50k18%25,811
$50k–75k16%23,584
$75k–100k13%18,666
$100k–150k17%25,084
$150k–200k10%14,610
$200k or more12%17,922

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+5.5 points).

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

144,386 households (±695)

Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Own66%94,675
Rent34%49,711

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+1.2 points).

Table view

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

Rent paid

47,616 households (±1,288)

Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $75010%4,918
$750–1,0009.9%4,690
$1,000–1,50039%18,391

Home values

94,675 homes (±1,227)

Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $150k11%10,210
$150k–250k26%24,642
$250k–400k33%31,155

Age of homes

151,220 homes (±109)

Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

2010 or later6.7%10,072
2000–200910%15,296
1980–199919%28,249

Size of homes

151,220 homes (±109)

Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Studio2.0%3,028
1 bedroom12%17,727
2 bedrooms19%29,216

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

182,142 workers (±1,985)

Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Drive alone73%132,646
Carpool8.0%14,482
Public transit1.4%2,496
Walk2.1%3,781
Bike0.1%†173
Work from home14%25,577
Other1.6%2,987

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+9.4 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

156,565 workers (±2,195)

Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under 15 min25%38,845
15–29 min45%70,436
30–44 min18%28,619

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.

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

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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $241.5M on contracts performed in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania: $628 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $241.5M; +28% vs FY2025
Per resident: $628; US $1,994
Sole-source: 39%; US 30%
Single offer: 23%; 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

Department of the Army$85.1M35%
Department of Veterans Affairs$84.2M35%
Defense Logistics Agency$37.9M16%
Federal Acquisition Service$17.8M7.4%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$12.4M5.1%
Department of the Air Force$1M0.4%
National Park Service$480.3K0.2%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$388.3K0.2%

Top recipients

MACK DEFENSE LLC$136.5M57%
OLYMPUS AMERICA INC$83.5M35%
AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC$16.4M6.8%
ADVANCED COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES, LLC$994.7K0.4%
CONCOURSE FEDERAL GROUP LLC$704.4K0.3%

Spending by fiscal year

72.5MFY2017
73.9MFY2018
105.5MFY2019
77.9MFY2020
140.7MFY2021
149.8MFY2022
206.9MFY2023
178.7M

Top industries (NAICS)

Motor vehicle manufacturing · 3361$103.1M43%
Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing · 3391$64.5M27%
Agriculture, construction, and mining machinery manufacturing · 3331$33.4M14%
Basic chemical manufacturing · 3251$16.4M6.8%
Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment rental and leasing · 5324$8.8M3.7%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$8.5M

Largest awards

M917A3 HDT. THE DELIVERY ORDER WILL PROCURE 40 EA HDTS IN ORDERING YEAR 1.$46.1M
MACK DEFENSE LLC· Lehigh County, PA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Apr 27, 2026 – May 8, 2026· W912CH26F0183
M917A3 HDT. THE DELIVERY ORDER WILL PROCURE 86 EA HDTS IN ORDERING YEAR 1.$40.8M
MACK DEFENSE LLC· Lehigh County, PA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jun 26, 2025 – Jun 2, 2026· W912CH25F0303
M917A3 HDT. THE DELIVERY ORDER WILL PROCURE 82 EA HDTS IN ORDERING YEAR 1.$39.5M
MACK DEFENSE LLC· Lehigh County, PA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Apr 27, 2026 – Apr 27, 2026· W912CH26F0187
DELIVERY ORDER W56HZV21F0056 PROCURES 93 M917A3 TRUCKS IN SUPPORT OF CONTRACT W56HZV-18-D-0042.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $2.3B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Lehigh County, Pennsylvania: $6,024 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $2.3B; +0.6% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,024; US $12,955
Loan face value: $64.8M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.1%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$1.5B66%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$196.7M8.5%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$117.1M5.1%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$94.3M4.1%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$77.5M3.3%
20.934 · Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects$40.8M1.8%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$40.7M1.8%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$30.7M1.3%

Top recipients (organizations)

PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$110M4.8%
HARRISBURG, PA
ALLENTOWN HOUSING AUTHORITY$27.8M1.2%
ALLENTOWN, PA
LEHIGH COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY$16.6M0.7%
EMMAUS, PA
COMMUNITY SERVICES FOR CHILDREN INC$13M0.6%
ALLENTOWN, PA
BETHLEHEM HOUSING AUTHORITY

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$1.9B83%
Federal Highway Administration$120.4M5.2%
Department of Transportation
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$111.7M4.8%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$56M2.4%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of Education

Assistance by fiscal year

2BFY2021
1.9BFY2022
2BFY2023
2.3BFY2024
2.3BFY2025
2.3BFY2026

County aggregates

88%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Lehigh County, Pennsylvania compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Lehigh County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2017	$198	$1,436
FY2018	$200	$1,552
FY2019	$286	$1,654
FY2020	$208	$1,880
FY2021	$374	$1,810
FY2022	$398	$1,917
FY2023	$544	$2,079
FY2024	$467	$2,047
FY2025	$491	$2,165
FY2026	$628 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Lehigh County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2017	$0.33	$93.28
FY2018	$3.18	$105
FY2019	$3.59	$128
FY2020	$3.61	$145
FY2021	$5.06	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Lehigh County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2021	$772	$5,748
FY2022	$741	$5,221
FY2023	$836	$5,364
FY2024	$1,199	$5,501
FY2025	$721	$5,732
FY2026	$1,092

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Lehigh County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2021	$135	$298
FY2022	$244	$357
FY2023	$119	$301
FY2024	$396	$319
FY2025	$138	$360
FY2026	$332

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Lehigh County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2021	$149	$239
FY2022	$133	$185
FY2023	$207	$229
FY2024	$193	$229
FY2025	$172	$249
FY2026	$201

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Lehigh County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2021	$56.42	$2,304
FY2022	$45.40	$2,197
FY2023	$53.03	$2,274
FY2024	$48.64	$2,267
FY2025	$50.99	$2,397
FY2026	$60.59

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Lehigh County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2021	$976	$1,186
FY2022	$396	$465
FY2023	$50.86	$76.52
FY2024	$49.94	$120
FY2025	$97.05	$148
FY2026	$36.62

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Lehigh County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	1.3%	2.0%
2015

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/42077

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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.

Lehigh County, 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

Metro area

The metro or micro area Lehigh County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ74Central county

Cities and towns in Lehigh County

Places whose residents live mostly in Lehigh County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/42077

Calendar years	Lehigh County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	−3.9%	−4.2%
2015	−1.7%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.0%	+3.3%
2018	+2.8%	+6.8%
2019	+7.7%	+10.5%
2020	+16.4%	+19.4%
2021	+20.9%	+26.1%
2022	+25.4%	+30.6%
2023	+29.5%	+35.0%
2024	+34.0%	+41.0%
2025	+38.5%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Lehigh County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	−5.7%	−5.5%
2015	−1.7%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.8%	+4.1%
2018	+5.1%	+8.9%
2019	+11.7%	+13.5%
2020	+19.2%	+20.8%
2021	+27.8%	+32.1%
2022	+27.7%	+35.4%
2023	+33.3%	+42.9%
2024	+37.6%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Lehigh County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	2.2/1k	3.3/1k
2015	1.9/1k	3.7/1k
2016	1.7/1k	3.7/1k
2017	1.5/1k	3.9/1k
2018	1.3/1k	4.1/1k
2019	1.3/1k	4.2/1k
2020	1.1/1k	4.4/1k
2021	2.7/1k	5.2/1k
2022	2.3/1k	5.0/1k
2023	1.2/1k	4.5/1k
2024	2.8/1k	4.3/1k
2025	1.0/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Lehigh County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	−3.3%	−6.9%
2015	−6.5%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+0.8%	+4.7%
2018	+3.1%	+7.5%
2019	+8.6%	+14.0%
2020	+9.1%	+16.9%
2021	+14.0%	+21.0%
2022	+20.5%	+29.7%
2023	+26.6%	+34.9%
2024	+34.2%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Lehigh County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	12.8%	15.5%
2015	12.1%	14.7%
2016	13.8%	14.0%
2017	12.4%	13.4%
2018	12.0%	13.1%
2019	11.5%	12.3%
2020	11.7%	11.9%
2021	11.1%	12.8%
2022	11.3%	12.6%
2023	12.1%	12.5%
2024	11.1%	12.1%

Calendar years	Lehigh County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	6.2%	6.2%
2015	5.5%	5.3%
2016	5.4%	4.9%
2017	5.2%	4.4%
2018	4.9%	3.9%
2019	4.6%	3.7%
2020	9.6%	8.1%
2021	6.5%	5.4%
2022	4.3%	3.7%
2023	4.1%	3.6%
2024	4.1%	4.0%
2025	4.6%	4.3%

Calendar years	Lehigh County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	−5.4% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−4.2% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+4.6% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+10.1% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+14.4% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+26.9% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+43.3% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+57.7% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+68.6% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+77.2% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+83.6% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Lehigh County, Pennsylvania	United States
2015	−2.9% (Dec 2015)	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+4.2% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+8.0% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+12.4% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+21.6% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+42.1% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+47.7% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+53.9% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+61.9% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+65.9% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Lehigh County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	11.4%	13.5%
2015	8.6%	10.9%
2016	7.1%	10.0%
2017	7.5%	10.2%
2018	7.7%	10.4%
2019	8.1%	10.8%
2020	8.3%	10.4%
2021	8.2%	10.2%
2022	7.3%	9.5%
2023	7.3%	9.5%
2024	8.8%	9.8%

Calendar years	Lehigh County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	6.0/1k	8.5/1k
2015	6.4/1k	8.7/1k
2016	7.1/1k	9.1/1k
2017	8.5/1k	9.8/1k
2018	9.7/1k	10.7/1k
2019	8.9/1k	10.6/1k
2020	9.8/1k	13.1/1k
2021	12.4/1k	16.2/1k
2022	11.4/1k	15.1/1k
2023	12.6/1k	16.2/1k
2024	11.8/1k	15.4/1k
2025	13.3/1k	16.6/1k

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What changed in five years

Improved11

Declined3

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