Lower Mount Bethel TownshipPA
The town, home to 2,923 people, lies in Pennsylvania.
Is Lower Mount Bethel Township a good place to live?
One weak subject stands out against an otherwise good record. Its strongest subject is incomes: the median household earns $84K. With a B overall, Lower Mount Bethel Township is better than 65% of U.S. towns. It ranks 522nd of 1032 in Pennsylvania. The catch is walkability (C−). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 78% of U.S. towns. Hazard risk is weaker too: FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than nearly four fifths of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. At about $288K, a typical home costs 3.4 years of the Allentown metro’s $85K median household income.
Figures: incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · FEMA National Risk Index · home values, Zillow.
What makes Lower Mount Bethel Township stand out
Where Lower Mount Bethel Township beats most towns.
96% of working residents leave Lower Mount Bethel Township for work
Where Lower Mount Bethel Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Lower Mount Bethel Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Lower Mount Bethel Township is from typical.
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Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom and 78 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lower Mount Bethel Township. Close and well known come first.
25 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
38 mi LandmarkDrew University
25 mi LakeLake Musconetcong
8 mi Park & preserveLehigh River
10 mi National park siteMiddle Delaware National Scenic River4.1M visitors a year
22 mi Stadium & arenaPPL CenterPhoto credits
Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Drew University: CUBJONES83 (talk), Public domain · Lake Musconetcong: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lehigh River: The original uploader was Malepheasant at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0 · Middle Delaware National Scenic River: Mike Serfas, Public domain · PPL Center: Hunter Kahn, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Moving to Lower Mount Bethel Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lower Mount Bethel Township, 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Lower Mount Bethel Township.
Lower Mount Bethel Township sends many workers across the state line and keeps more of its land conserved than most of Pennsylvania, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Pennsylvania (mostly inland flooding).
Conserved land covers nearly a third of Lower Mount Bethel Township
Its 4,720 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in 90% of Pennsylvania towns.
Count the trails in 10 parks and preserves and they come to 8.9 miles. The biggest park or preserve is Little Martins Preserve, at 79 acres. In Lower Mount Bethel Township, the trail network density is 0.4 miles per square mile, near both the Pennsylvania town median (0.5) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4).
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. John M. Mauser Nature Education Trail System | 5 mi | 246 |
| 2. Riverton Ball Fields | 0.8 mi | 30 |
| 3. Little Martins Preserve | — | 79 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
High risk in Lower Mount Bethel Township, with inland flooding at the top
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 96% of Pennsylvania towns, with expected losses of about $666 per resident a year; that rating is what its D for hazard risk is built on. 228 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 61 properties have flooded more than once.
In Lower Mount Bethel Township, the risk rating from FEMA is 79 of 100, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 30 of 100 and U.S. towns at 44 of 100. The town has had 228 paid flood insurance claims since 1986. FEMA puts 84% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Lower Mount Bethel Township has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
22% of working residents cross a state line to work. The average commute for its 1,298 working residents takes 33.5 minutes, against 26.3 across Pennsylvania.
For half of commuters, work is under 16 miles away. Lower Mount Bethel Township’s mean commuting time comes in at 34 minutes. It had 490 jobs in 2023, up 65 from 2013. The top destinations are Forks Township (7%), Bethlehem (5%) and Upper Mount Bethel Township (3%).
| Lower Mount Bethel Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 5.5% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.9% | 6.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The climate in Lower Mount Bethel Township brings four seasons and pleasant summers
Summer afternoons peak near 84° in July, and January nights bottom out around 19°; snowfall runs to about 23 inches a winter. Lower Mount Bethel Township has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
On CDC estimates, Lower Mount Bethel Township is healthier than 52% of U.S. towns
Two figures for adults in Lower Mount Bethel Township: 17% smoke cigarettes, 78% had a checkup this year. 19% of adults binge drink locally.
| Lower Mount Bethel Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 78% | 79% | 79% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Lower Mount Bethel Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 7.7% | 5.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Lower Mount Bethel Township
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Lower Mount Bethel Township
About 3 of every 100 Lower Mount Bethel Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
About Lower Mount Bethel Township
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Lower Mount Bethel Township is a township in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population of Lower Mount Bethel Township was 2,921 at the 2020 census. Lower Mount Bethel Township 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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- Area
- 25 sq mi
- Elevation
- 633 ft
Lower Mount Bethel Township’s neighbors
8 towns share a border with Lower Mount Bethel Township.
It grades higher overall than all 4 graded towns on its borders; Forks Township (B) comes closest.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Mount Bethel Township | #522 | B | B+ | — | B+ | B− |
| Plainfield Township | #730 | B− | C− | — | B+ | B+ |
| Washington Township | #614 | B | C | A− | B+ | B− |
| Upper Mount Bethel Township | #712 | B− | B− | — | B+ | B− |
| Forks Township | #569 | B | C− | A | C | A− |
Lower Mount Bethel Township, Plainfield Township and Upper Mount Bethel Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Lower Mount Bethel Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Lower Mount Bethel Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Lower Mount Bethel Township, PA a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Lower Mount Bethel Township grades B overall, better than 65% of U.S. towns and #522 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B− for health and B+ for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Lower Mount Bethel Township, PA expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.