Stockertown - Northampton county

Population 687

Stockertown, Pennsylvania

Stockertown, Pennsylvania, in Northampton county, is 10 miles NE of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and 55 miles N of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The people of the town are in the Allentown - Bethlehem - Easton metropolitan area. Stockertown has a population of 687.

The People and Families of Stockertown

In Stockertown, about 62% of adults are married.

Wealth and Education

In 2000, Stockertown had a median family income of $59,375. Stockertown is full of successful families and individuals. The town, compared to most towns like it, can boast of a large population of high-income unmarried people.

Political Inclinations

Residents gave more to the Democratic party than any of the others.

Stockertown Housing

In Stockertown, 70% of the houses and apartments are occupied by the owners, not rented out. You're likely to find a number of older homes if you drive around the town -- the mean age of housing units is fairly high here. Stockertown has higher property taxes than most places in Pennsylvania, which provides more money for local schools and services.

Commuting

In Stockertown, 94% of commuters drive to work. If gasoline prices keep going up, consider living in towns like Stockertown; a good number of people there walk and bicycle to work.

Stockertown Population (2000)

Category	Count	Percent
Total Population	687	100%
Male	320	46.6%
Female	367	53.4%
Under 18	165	24%
18+	522	76%
65+	109	15.9%
Median Age	38.3
Average Family Size	2.95
White	684	99.6%
African-American	1	0.1%
Asian	1	0.1%
American Indian & Alaskan	0	0%
Other	1	0.1%
Mixed Race	0	0%
Hispanic (included in categories above)	2	0.3%
Median Family Income (1999)	$59,375
Population In Poverty	44	6.4%

Stockertown Ancestry

Ancestry	Percent
German	37.6%
Italian	13.2%
English	8.4%
Irish	6.4%
Dutch	6.2%
Pennsylvania German	5.5%
US/American	4.6%
Polish	3.5%
Hungarian	2.4%
Austrian	2%
Other (often includes Hispanic and African American)	1.7%
Slovak	1.3%
Ukrainian	1.3%
Swedish	1.3%
Welsh	1.1%
French (except Basque)	0.9%
Greek	0.7%
Russian	0.4%
Lithuanian	0.4%
Portuguese	0.4%
Norwegian	0.4%
Scotch-Irish	0.4%