What is the population of Lehighton borough?

Lehighton borough has 5,268 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #253 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.

What is the median household income in Lehighton borough?

Median household income in Lehighton borough is $62,083 a year, 21% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Lehighton borough?

Median gross rent is $928 a month and the median home value is $198,600, so rent absorbs about 17.9% of median household income.

Is Lehighton borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Lehighton borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Lehighton, PA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Lehighton, Pennsylvania (Lehighton, PA — Census place “Lehighton borough”) is 5,268 residents, ranking #253 of 2002 places in Pennsylvania. Median household income is $62,083, the median home is worth $198,600 and median gross rent runs $928 a month. Looking for the Lehighton Pennsylvania ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Lehighton, PA: 18235.

Population: 5,268Lehighton borough residents
Median household income: $62,083Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $198,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $928Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 41.1 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 54.4%Owner-occupied households

Lehighton ZIP codes (Pennsylvania)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Lehighton.

The Lehighton PA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

18235

What the numbers mean in Lehighton borough

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Lehighton borough median would spend about 17.9% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 13.1% of residents and 54.4% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Lehighton borough, PA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Lehighton borough is a mid-size town in Pennsylvania, with 5,268 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #253 of 2,002 ranked by population — larger than 87% of them. The median age here is 41.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Lehighton borough earn a median of $62,083 a year, 21% below the national figure of $78,538 and 13% below the $71,118 median for the 982 Pennsylvania cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 13.1% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Lehighton borough is valued at $198,600, 34.5% below the national figure and 3% above the $193,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $928 a month, 34% below the national figure, or roughly $11,136 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 54.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Lehighton borough?: Lehighton borough has 5,268 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #253 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.
What is the median household income in Lehighton borough?: Median household income in Lehighton borough is $62,083 a year, 21% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Lehighton borough?: Median gross rent is $928 a month and the median home value is $198,600, so rent absorbs about 17.9% of median household income.
Is Lehighton borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Lehighton borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Lehighton borough data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.