Slatington - Lehigh county

Population 4,434

Slatington, Pennsylvania

Slatington, Pennsylvania, in Lehigh county, is 11 miles NW of Allentown, Pennsylvania and 59 miles NW of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The town is part of the Allentown - Bethlehem - Easton metropolitan statistical area (MSA). About 4,434 people people live in Slatington.

The People and Families of Slatington

In Slatington, about 53% of adults are married.

Wealth and Education

In 2000, Slatington had a median family income of $43,542.

Political Inclinations

The Republican party was the top fund-raiser among political parties in Slatington.

Crime and Safety

Residents of the town enjoy its low crime rate.

Slatington Housing

Of the houses, apartments, etc. in Slatington, about 61% are lived in by their owners, not renters. The average year in which most residences in the town were built is earlier than in most places. Renting one (or even zero) bedroom apartments is pretty common in Slatington.

Commuting

In Slatington, 93% of commuters drive to work. In the town, people like to walk or ride bicycles.

Slatington Population (2000)

Category	Count	Percent
Total Population	4,434	100%
Male	2,157	48.6%
Female	2,277	51.4%
Under 18	1,201	27.1%
18+	3,233	72.9%
65+	589	13.3%
Median Age	36
Average Family Size	3.01
White	4,267	96.2%
African-American	63	1.4%
Asian	17	0.4%
American Indian & Alaskan	9	0.2%
Other	34	0.8%
Mixed Race	43	1%
Hispanic (included in categories above)	90	2%
Median Family Income (1999)	$43,542
Population In Poverty	546	12.3%

Slatington Ancestry

Ancestry	Percent
German	29.2%
US/American	12.1%
Pennsylvania German	11%
Irish	8.1%
Other (often includes Hispanic and African American)	6.1%
Italian	5.7%
Welsh	5.5%
Dutch	4.2%
Polish	3.1%
English	2.7%
Slovak	2.2%
Hungarian	1.8%
Ukrainian	1%
Greek	1%
Austrian	1%
Portuguese	1%
Scotch-Irish	0.9%
French (except Basque)	0.7%
Russian	0.6%
Swedish	0.6%
Swiss	0.4%
Czechoslovakian	0.4%
Scottish	0.3%
Czech	0.3%
Lithuanian	0.2%
Finnish	0.2%