Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Coplay is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B+ overall, 505th of 1032 graded towns in Pennsylvania, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is safety: crime is low: it reports less per resident than 83% of U.S. towns. It also does better than most on incomes: the median household earns $62K. Its lowest everyday mark is in cost of living: the typical home is worth about $358K, 4.2 years of the Allentown metro’s $85K median household income. On civic life, just 91 of Pennsylvania’s 1,717 towns do worse. Coplay has 1 place on the National Register. 19% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Coplay, below both the Pennsylvania town median (29%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%).
Where Coplay beats most towns.
Where Coplay’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Coplay is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 728 in 1870, 3,348 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2006 and 6 maps from 1939 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Coplay. Close and well known come first.
7 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
5 mi Stadium & arenaPPL Center
15 mi Park & preserveLehigh River
38 mi National Historical ParkValley Forge National Historical Park1.8M visitors a year10 mi Ski areaBlue Mountain Resort44 runs · 1,077 ft vertical
28 mi National park siteMiddle Delaware National Scenic River4.1M visitors a yearDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · PPL Center: Hunter Kahn, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lehigh River: The original uploader was Malepheasant at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0 · Valley Forge National Historical Park: The original uploader was JGHowes at English Wikipedia. (Original text: en:User, Attribution · Middle Delaware National Scenic River: Mike Serfas, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Coplay, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Coplay.
Coplay is healthier than towns with similar incomes, sends most of its workers to Allentown and beyond and is safe by national standards but not by Pennsylvania’s.
At 7.5 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 66% of Pennsylvania’s graded towns. Reported crimes rose from 10 to 21 over the last three FBI years, a rise beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
The property crime rate in Coplay is 3.9 per 1,000 residents.
| Coplay | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 3.9 per 1,000 residents | 5.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.9 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Coplay has 459 jobs for its 1,725 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Coplay for work: only 2% work in town. Since 2013, Coplay has added 68 jobs, to 459 in 2023. 12% of Coplay residents live below the poverty line.
| Coplay | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $62,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.5% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
64% of households own their home in Coplay. The typical Coplay home is worth about $359,000, up 3.4% in a year, 25% above the Pennsylvania typical home.
| Coplay | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 64% | 78% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,234 a month | $1,114 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Coplay has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 20° and about 33 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 58% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Coplay | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 6.2% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Coplay Parkway | 0.2 mi | 6 |
| 2. Saylor Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Against the 9,375 U.S. towns with household incomes like Coplay’s, it is healthier than 69%, so its B− isn’t only a matter of income.
Coplay beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 2.
| Coplay | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 34% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 18% | 16% |
| What stands out | Coplay | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 8.5% | 5.8% |
| More adults with arthritis | 35.2% | 30.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
8 within 15 miles of the center of Coplay
About 6 of every 100 Coplay residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
Coplay is a borough in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States. Coplay's population was 3,348 at the 2020 census. It is located six miles (10 km) northwest of Allentown. The borough is part of the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.
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4 towns share a border with Coplay.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coplay | #505 | B+ | C+ | A− | B− | B− |
| Whitehall Township | #900 | C | C− | C | B− | B |
| Northampton | #233 | A | B− | A | B+ | B− |
| Hokendauqua | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Stiles | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Hokendauqua and Stiles aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Coplay with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Coplay grades B+ overall, better than 66% of U.S. towns and #505 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B− for health, A− for safety and B− for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
2 notable people were born here, including Bill Kern and Mike Bundra.
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