Moore TownshipPA
A town of 9,508.
Is Moore Township a good place to live?
Moore Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades A− overall, ranked 389th of 1032 in Pennsylvania, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $103K. It also does better than most on schools: its schools outperform 68% of the state's. A typical home there costs about $331K, 3.9 years of the Allentown metro’s $85K median household income. 21% of the land in Moore Township is conserved, above both Pennsylvania’s towns (8.2%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 87% of U.S. towns. State Game Lands Number 168, at 1,617 acres with 3.1 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
What makes Moore Township stand out
Where Moore Township beats most towns.
95% of working residents leave Moore Township for work
Where Moore Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Moore Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Moore Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom and 49 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Moore Township. Close and well known come first.
15 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
13 mi Stadium & arenaPPL Center
39 mi LakeLake Musconetcong
13 mi Park & preserveLehigh River5 mi Ski areaBlue Mountain Resort44 runs · 1,077 ft vertical
20 mi National park siteMiddle Delaware National Scenic River4.1M visitors a yearPhoto credits
Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · PPL Center: Hunter Kahn, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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
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Moving to Moore Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Moore 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 Moore Township.
Moore Township sends most of its workers to Bethlehem and beyond and owes part of its health edge to its incomes.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. State Game Lands Number 168 | 3.1 mi | 1,617 |
| 2. Moore Township Recreation Center - West | 0.5 mi | 21 |
| 3. Moore Township Appalachian Park | 0.4 mi | 179 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
For schools, Moore Township earns a B+
Its public schools are run by Northampton Area SD. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moore El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 362 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Moore Township faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 79% of U.S. communities. Since 1987, 13 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Moore Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents commute out of Moore Township
Moore Township has 1,241 jobs for its 4,721 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here grew from 690 in 2013 to 1,241.
Most working residents leave Moore Township for work: only 5% work in town. Since 2013, Moore Township has added 551 jobs, to 1,241 in 2023. 5.9% of residents live below the poverty line in Moore Township, near the Pennsylvania town median (7.6%) and below the median of U.S. towns (9.6%).
| Moore Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $103,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 5.9% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.1% | 6.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Moore Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Moore Township has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 19° and about 33 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
More middle-aged adults than Pennsylvania overall
Adults 35 to 64 are 45% of residents (38% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 16% of residents (22% statewide). The median age in Moore Township is 48 years. 25% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 35% across Pennsylvania.
| Moore Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 48 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 18% | 20% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 25% | 29% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.4 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Moore Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.4% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.6% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7.5% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.7% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 15.6% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16.6% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.2% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.4% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 8% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 44.7% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 13.1% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.7% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.6% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 5.8% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Residents of Moore Township are healthier than 62% of U.S. towns
Against the 8,166 U.S. towns with household incomes like Moore Township’s, it is less healthy than 60%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Moore Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 1 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 19% of Moore Township adults binge drink.
| Moore Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 38% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| What stands out | Moore Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults getting cholesterol checked | 87.9% | 85.3% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.2% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Moore Township
Colleges nearby
7 within 15 miles of the center of Moore Township
About 6 of every 100 Moore Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
About Moore Township
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
Moore Township is a township in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population of Moore Township was 9,198 at the 2010 census. The township is located in the Lehigh Valley, 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
- 38 sq mi
- Elevation
- 650 ft
Moore Township’s neighbors
7 towns share a border with Moore Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moore Township | #389 | A− | B− | — | B+ | B |
| Bushkill Township | #347 | A− | C− | A− | A | B+ |
| Eldred Township | #904 | C | C− | — | B− | B− |
| East Allen Township | #581 | B | C+ | — | B+ | B |
| Upper Nazareth Township | #194 | A | C | A− | A | A− |
| Lehigh Township | #419 | B+ | C | A+ | B+ | B |
| Lower Towamensing Township | #715 | B− | B | — | B | C+ |
| Allen Township | #640 | B | C− | — | B+ | B |
Moore Township, Eldred Township, East Allen Township, Lower Towamensing Township and Allen Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Moore Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Moore Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Moore Township, PA a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Moore Township grades A− overall, better than 76% of U.S. towns and #389 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B for health and B+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Moore Township, PA expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.