Census Data Map

American Community Survey 2019–2023

Bethlehem area census tracts by residents below the poverty level

Residents below the poverty level is highest in Hellertown borough (northwest) (44.9%). This table ranks 74 eligible mapped census tracts.

Residents below the poverty level values are ACS five-year survey estimates. Percentage and median rankings exclude tracts below 500 residents; this reduces but does not eliminate sampling uncertainty.

#Census tract areaResidents below the poverty level
1Hellertown borough (northwest)44.9%
2Hellertown borough (west-northwest 2)38.3%
3Bethlehem city (south-southeast)31.6%
4Chestnut Hill CDP (south)30.8%
5Freemansburg borough (south-southwest)29.3%
6Raubsville CDP (north-northeast 2)24.4%
7Wilson borough (east-northeast)20.2%
8Bethlehem city (south)18.3%
9Bath borough (north)17.2%
10Easton city16.9%
11Nazareth borough16.4%
12Pen Argyl borough15.5%
13Walnutport borough15.1%
14Eastlawn Gardens CDP (north-northeast)14.7%
15Hellertown borough (north-northwest)14%
16Raubsville CDP (north-northeast 1)14%
17Bethlehem city (southeast 2)13.9%
18Freemansburg borough (west)13.9%
19Hellertown borough (west-northwest 1)13.8%
20Raubsville CDP (north-northwest)13.1%
21Bangor borough12.9%
22Wilson borough (west-southwest)12.8%
23Middletown CDP (west)12%
24Freemansburg borough (northeast)11.8%
25Hellertown borough (northeast)11.5%
26Northampton borough (west-northwest)10.5%
27East Bangor borough10.1%
28Belfast CDP (north-northeast)9.9%
29Mount Bethel CDP9.6%
30Bath borough (west)8.5%
31Cherryville CDP (west-northwest)8.2%
32Chapman borough (south-southeast)8.1%
33Freemansburg borough (southeast)8%
34Raubsville CDP (south-southwest)7.8%
35Hellertown borough (east)7.6%
36Roseto borough7.6%
37Bath borough (south-southeast)7.5%
38Palmer Heights CDP (southwest)7.4%
39Middletown CDP (northwest)7.1%
40Bethlehem city (east-northeast)7%
41Chapman borough (northeast)6.7%
42West Easton borough6.1%
43Hellertown borough (south-southeast)5.8%
44Chestnut Hill CDP (north-northeast)5.2%
45Bethlehem city (southeast 1)5.1%
46Martins Creek CDP4.9%
47Bethlehem city (west-northwest 1)4.8%
48Wind Gap borough4.7%
49Stockertown borough (east-southeast)4.5%
50Old Orchard CDP (north-northwest)4.3%
51Old Orchard CDP (south-southeast)4.3%
52North Catasauqua borough4.2%
53Belfast CDP (south-southwest)4.1%
54Bethlehem city (north)3.6%
55Middletown CDP (east)3.6%
56Northampton borough (east-southeast)3.6%
57Stockertown borough (north-northwest)3.5%
58Cherryville CDP (southeast)3%
59Hellertown borough (southwest)2.8%
60Stockertown borough (west-southwest)2.7%
61Middletown CDP (east-southeast)2.6%
62Ackermanville CDP2.5%
63Hellertown borough (east-southeast)2.4%
64Eastlawn Gardens CDP (east-southeast)2.3%
65Palmer Heights CDP (east-northeast)2.2%
66Raubsville CDP (south-southeast)2.2%
67Chapman borough (west-southwest)2.1%
68Chestnut Hill CDP (north-northwest)2.1%
69Bethlehem city (west-northwest 2)1.7%
70Cherryville CDP (north)1.6%
71Chestnut Hill CDP (south-southeast)1.4%
72Eastlawn Gardens CDP (north-northwest)1.3%
73Palmer Heights CDP (northeast)1.1%
74Eastlawn Gardens CDP (south-southwest)0.8%

Method and source

Values come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates. Census tracts are small statistical areas, not necessarily neighbourhood boundaries. The result is a descriptive comparison of the mapped area, not a measure of individual households or a prediction. Read about the American Community Survey.