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A town of 4,835, settled in 1893.
Fountain Hill is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C− overall, ranked 927th of 1032 in Pennsylvania, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is safety: it reports less crime per resident than 64% of U.S. towns. Expect to pay for it: homes are expensive, about $265K for a typical one and 3.1 times the Allentown metro’s $85K median household income. Fountain Hill’s trail density is 1.4 miles per square mile, above both Pennsylvania’s towns (0.4) and U.S. towns (0.4). Only 76 of Pennsylvania’s 1,751 towns score lower on hazard risk. Fountain Hill is more walkable than 89% of U.S. towns.
Where Fountain Hill beats most towns.
Where Fountain Hill’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 Fountain Hill is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,214 in 1900, 4,832 in 2020. The archive holds 4 old photos and papers going back to 2013 and 7 maps from 1894 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Fountain Hill. Close and well known come first.
7 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
Big draw39 mi MuseumLynnewood Hall
4 mi Stadium & arenaPPL Center
12 mi Park & preserveLehigh River
33 mi National Historical ParkValley Forge National Historical Park1.8M visitors a year
40 mi Theme parkSesame Place PhiladelphiaDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lynnewood Hall: Shuvaev, 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 · Sesame Place Philadelphia: Transity (talk • contribs), CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Fountain Hill, 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 Fountain Hill.
Fountain Hill draws workers from Bethlehem and beyond and is healthier than towns with similar incomes, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Pennsylvania (mostly inland flooding).
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Stanley Avenue Recreation Area | 0.3 mi | 10 |
| 2. Lehigh Mountain Park | 0.3 mi | 7 |
| 3. Lechauweki Springs | 0.3 mi | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by Bethlehem Area SD. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fountain Hill El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 530 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
10,456 jobs are based in Fountain Hill, 4.6 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. Jobs based here grew from 6,098 in 2013 to 10,456.
Most working residents leave Fountain Hill for work: only 5% work in town. 19% of residents live below the poverty line in Fountain Hill, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 7.6% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Jobs based in Fountain Hill grew to 10,456 in 2023, 4,358 more than in 2013.
| Fountain Hill | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 19% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $64,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 5% | 6.3% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 97% of Pennsylvania towns, with expected losses of about $513 per resident a year; that rating is what its D for hazard risk is built on.
The FEMA risk score in Fountain Hill is 81 of 100. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Fountain Hill since 1985.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Fountain Hill 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
Against the 9,753 U.S. towns with household incomes like Fountain Hill’s, it is less healthy than 50%, so its C+ isn’t only a matter of income.
13% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in Fountain Hill. Fountain Hill beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 6. 23% of adults say their health is fair or poor in Fountain Hill.
| Fountain Hill | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 6.9% | 8.1% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 19% | 19% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 18% | 16% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 11% | 12% |
| What stands out | Fountain Hill | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 12.7% | 5.8% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 19.1% | 14.5% |
| More adults in fair or poor health | 22.6% | 18.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Violent crime is rare: 4 reported in 2024, 0.8 per 1,000 residents.
Pennsylvania has less reported crime than most states, so among its own towns Fountain Hill sits closer to the middle.
| Fountain Hill | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2024) | 7.5 per 1,000 residents | 6.7 | 11.5 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2024) | 0.8 per 1,000 residents | 0.8 | 1.7 |
FBI crime data, 2024 · crimes reported to police
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Pennsylvania average. Fountain Hill’s median age is 39 years. 29% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 35% across Pennsylvania.
| Fountain Hill | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 39 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 21% | 20% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 19% | 21% | 18% |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women. Among residents 75 and older, 87% are women (PA 59%).
| Fountain Hill | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.8% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.4% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 15.3% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.6% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.5% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.8% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10.7% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 12.2% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 32.3% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 16.7% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.2% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.9% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.7% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 4,800, single groups can be off by several points
58% of Fountain Hill households own their home. The typical Fountain Hill home is worth about $265,000, up 3.6% in a year, 8% below the Pennsylvania typical home.
| Fountain Hill | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 58% | 78% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,275 a month | $1,114 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
9 within 15 miles of the center of Fountain Hill
About 5 of every 100 Fountain Hill residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
3 notable people were born in Fountain Hill.
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
Fountain Hill is a borough in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population of Fountain Hill was 4,832 at the 2020 census, an increase over the figure of 4,597 tabulated in 2010. It 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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One town shares a border with Fountain Hill.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fountain Hill | #927 | C− | C | B | C | C+ |
| Salisbury Township | #901 | C | C− | — | C | B− |
Salisbury Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Fountain Hill with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Fountain Hill grades C− overall, better than 24% of U.S. towns and #927 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades C+ for health, B for safety and C for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes, by national standards. Pennsylvania has less crime than most states, so among its own towns Fountain Hill sits nearer the middle.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
3 notable people were born here, including Stephen Vincent Benét and Christopher Coe.
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