Upper Macungie TownshipPA
A town of 29,600.
Is Upper Macungie Township a good place to live?
Few places in the country grade higher. Upper Macungie Township earns an A, 125th among Pennsylvania's 1032 graded towns. Its public schools beat 93% of Pennsylvania towns on state tests and graduation, the median household earns $121K, and crime is low: it reports less per resident than 90% of U.S. towns. The exception is cost of living: homes are expensive, about $419K for a typical one and 5 times the Allentown metro’s $85K median household income. 56% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Upper Macungie Township, above both Pennsylvania’s towns (29%) and U.S. towns (29%). On health, just 125 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns do better. The biggest park or preserve is Grange Park, at 103 acres.
What makes Upper Macungie Township stand out
Where Upper Macungie Township beats most towns.
Jobs vs. working residents
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Fogelsville Sch | K–5 | 480 |
| Veterans Memorial El Sch | K–5 | 451 |
| Fred J. Jaindl El Sch | K–5 | 433 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Upper Macungie Township has grown 48% since 2010
20,063 counted in 2010 and 26,377 in 2020; an estimated 29,600 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 12.3% since 2020, after 31.5% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Upper Macungie Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Upper Macungie Township is from typical.
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Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom and 63 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Upper Macungie Township. Close and well known come first.
5 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
8 mi Stadium & arenaPPL Center
32 mi National Historical ParkValley Forge National Historical Park1.8M visitors a year
24 mi Park & preserveLehigh River
26 mi Park & preserveRoadside America23 mi Stadium & arenaSovereign CenterPhoto credits
Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · PPL Center: Hunter Kahn, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Valley Forge National Historical Park: The original uploader was JGHowes at English Wikipedia. (Original text: en:User, Attribution · Lehigh River: The original uploader was Malepheasant at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0 · Roadside America: Mark Fleisher, President and CEO of Aim Advertising in Lewisburg, PA,, Public domain
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Moving to Upper Macungie Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Upper Macungie 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 Upper Macungie Township.
Upper Macungie Township draws workers from Allentown and beyond, has less tooth loss than most of Pennsylvania and has seen reported crime fall by a third or more.
About one in six working residents works right in Upper Macungie Township
36,429 jobs are based in Upper Macungie Township, 2.9 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in.
Most working residents leave Upper Macungie Township for work: only 16% work in town. 23% of workers work from home in Upper Macungie Township. Since 2013, Upper Macungie Township has added 7,167 jobs, to 36,429 in 2023.
| Upper Macungie Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 23% | 12% | 11% |
| Median household income | $121,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 16% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 3.2% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Upper Macungie Township earns an A for schools
Its A for schools comes with a D for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $419K.
Its public schools are run by Parkland SD. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fogelsville SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 480 | A |
| Fred J. Jaindl El SchTop results in townGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 433 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Upper Macungie Township earns an A for safety
Reported crimes fell from 176 to 119 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings. Violent crime is rare: 2 reported in 2025, 0.1 per 1,000 residents.
The violent crime rate in Upper Macungie Township is 0.1 per 1,000 residents.
| Upper Macungie Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.1 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 3.9 per 1,000 residents | 5.7 | 9.9 |
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Upper Macungie Township ranks healthier than 90% of the country’s towns
Its widest gap with Pennsylvania is tooth loss: 7.4% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 14.5% statewide.
Upper Macungie Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 12 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 11% of Upper Macungie Township adults report frequent physical distress.
| Upper Macungie Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 35% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 38% | 36% |
| What stands out | Upper Macungie Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 7.4% | 14.5% |
| Fewer adults with COPD | 5.6% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Upper Macungie Township faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 82% of U.S. communities. Since 1982, 16 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Upper Macungie Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Upper Macungie Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Upper Macungie Township has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 21° and about 33 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Conserved land covers 9.2% of Upper Macungie Township
6.3 miles of trail in 13 parks and preserves.
| Upper Macungie Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 9.2% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Bob Rodale Cycling & Fitness Park | 1.3 mi | 71 |
| 2. Earl Adams Memorial Park | 0.7 mi | 22 |
| 3. Fogelsville Dam | 0.4 mi | 88 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Upper Macungie Township
Colleges nearby
8 within 15 miles of the center of Upper Macungie Township
About 5 of every 100 Upper Macungie Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
Every workday, about 34,446 people come to Upper Macungie Township for work
Where Upper Macungie Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Upper Macungie Township
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Upper Macungie Township is a township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population of Upper Macungie Township was 26,377 as of the 2020 U.S. census, making it the fourth-fastest growing municipality of any category in Pennsylvania in terms of total population growth between 2010 and 2020. The township was created in 1832 when Macungie Township was divided into Upper and Lower Macungie townships. 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. Upper Macungie Township is located 11.5 miles (18.5 km) southwest of Allentown, 60.8 miles (97.8 km) northwest of …
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- Area
- 26 sq mi
- Elevation
- 463 ft
Upper Macungie Township’s neighbors
8 towns share a border with Upper Macungie Township.
It grades higher overall than all 3 graded towns on its borders; South Whitehall Township (A−) comes closest. Longswamp Township next door grades lower for schools (B to Upper Macungie Township’s A) and higher for cost of living (B− to D).
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Macungie Township | #125 | A | D | A | A | A |
| Lower Macungie Township | #353 | A− | D | — | A− | A− |
| Breinigsville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Trexlertown | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| South Whitehall Township | #336 | A− | D | — | A | A− |
| Lowhill Township | — | — | D | — | A− | A− |
| Longswamp Township | #385 | A− | B− | — | B | B+ |
| Wescosville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Lowhill Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Lower Macungie Township, South Whitehall Township, Lowhill Township and Longswamp Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Breinigsville, Trexlertown and Wescosville aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Upper Macungie Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Upper Macungie Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Upper Macungie Township, PA a good place to live?
Yes, by almost any measure. Upper Macungie Township grades A overall, better than 94% of U.S. towns and #125 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades A for health, A for safety and A for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Upper Macungie Township, PA expensive?
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.