FullertonPA
A town of 16,724, settled in 1894.
Is Fullerton a good place to live?
11% of residents are 65 or older in Fullerton, below both the Pennsylvania town median (21%) and the median of U.S. towns (18%). Fullerton’s trail density is 2.4 miles per square mile, against 0.4 in Pennsylvania’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns. The biggest place to walk is Jordan Creek Parkway, 240 acres with 8.9 miles of trail. We don’t grade Fullerton yet; the figures below are still real.
Fullerton has grown 11% from 2010 to 2020
14,925 counted in 2010 and 16,588 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom and 61 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Fullerton. Close and well known come first.
5 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
2 mi Stadium & arenaPPL Center
15 mi Park & preserveLehigh River
35 mi National Historical ParkValley Forge National Historical Park1.8M visitors a year
2 mi MuseumAllentown Art Museum13 mi Ski areaBlue Mountain Resort44 runs · 1,077 ft verticalPhoto credits
Dorney 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 · Allentown Art Museum: Alphageekpa (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0
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Moving to Fullerton: who provides what
Fullerton is unincorporated, so Lehigh County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Fullerton.
Most of Fullerton’s workers commute out: the town has 0.7 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Fullerton for work: only 4% work in town. 16% of residents live below the poverty line in Fullerton. Since 2013, Fullerton has lost 934 jobs, to 5,286 in 2023.
| Fullerton | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 16% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 8% | 12% | 11% |
| Median household income | $69,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.6% | 6.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Fullerton
Fullerton has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. The July high in Fullerton is 87°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Jordan Creek Parkway | 8.9 mi | 240 |
| 2. Fullerton Memorial Playground | — | 7 |
| 3. Wood Street Playground | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
How healthy Fullerton is
Fullerton beats the Pennsylvania average on 1 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 17% of Fullerton adults binge drink.
| Fullerton | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 18% | 16% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 24% | 25% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 17% | 14% |
| What stands out | Fullerton | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 7.7% | 8.8% |
| More uninsured adults | 10.6% | 5.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Fullerton | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 52% | 78% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,428 a month | $1,115 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Fullerton faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 50% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 39 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Fullerton.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Fullerton
Colleges nearby
9 within 15 miles of the center of Fullerton
About 7 of every 100 Fullerton residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
96% of working residents leave Fullerton for work
Where Fullerton’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Fullerton
Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US
Fullerton is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania. The population of Fullerton was 16,588 as of the 2020 census. Fullerton is a suburb of Allentown in 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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- Area
- 3.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 374 ft
Fullerton’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Fullerton.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fullerton | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Whitehall Township | #900 | C | C− | C | B− | B |
| Allentown | #1021 | D | C | C | D | D |
| Catasauqua | #634 | B | B− | B− | C+ | B |
| Hanover Township | — | — | C | — | C+ | C− |
| South Whitehall Township | #336 | A− | D | — | A | A− |
Hanover Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Hanover Township and South Whitehall Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Fullerton isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Fullerton with a neighbor →
Questions about Fullerton
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Fullerton, PA a good place to live?
We don’t grade Fullerton yet; the figures below are still real.