Upper Mount Bethel TownshipPA
6,463 residents make their home in this town in Pennsylvania.
Is Upper Mount Bethel Township a good place to live?
The weak point is walkability. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than just over two thirds of U.S. towns. With a B− overall, Upper Mount Bethel Township is better than 48% of U.S. towns. That places it 712th of 1032 in Pennsylvania. Its strongest subject is schools: its public schools beat 65% of Pennsylvania towns on state tests and graduation. At about $322K, a typical home costs 3.8 years of the Allentown metro’s $85K median household income. The biggest park or preserve is Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge, at 498 acres. The town’s mean commuting time is 44 minutes, above both the Pennsylvania town median (26 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes).
Figures: schools, state test and graduation results · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · OpenStreetMap.
90% of working residents leave Upper Mount Bethel Township for work
Where Upper Mount Bethel Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Upper Mount Bethel Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Upper Mount Bethel Township is from typical.
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Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom and 69 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Upper Mount Bethel Township. Close and well known come first.
31 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
38 mi LandmarkDrew University
23 mi LakeLake Musconetcong
4 mi National park siteMiddle Delaware National Scenic River4.1M visitors a year
36 mi LakeLake Wallenpaupack
15 mi Park & preserveLehigh RiverPhoto 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 · Middle Delaware National Scenic River: Mike Serfas, Public domain · Lake Wallenpaupack: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Lehigh River: The original uploader was Malepheasant at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0
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Moving to Upper Mount Bethel Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Upper 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 Upper Mount Bethel Township.
Upper Mount Bethel Township sends many workers across the state line, but it has a long record of flood insurance claims.
Most of Upper Mount Bethel Township’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.6 jobs for each of them
29% of working residents cross a state line to work. The average commute for its 2,604 working residents takes 44.2 minutes, against 26.3 across Pennsylvania.
Only 7 of the 1,035 Pennsylvania towns we compare have a higher mean commuting time than Upper Mount Bethel Township. For most workers, Upper Mount Bethel Township is a place to come home to: only 10% work in town. Also worth knowing: since 2013, Upper Mount Bethel Township has added 271 jobs, to 1,511 in 2023. Among residents in the town, 6.2% live below the poverty line.
| Upper Mount Bethel Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 44 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 8% | 12% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.2% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 10% | 6.3% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Upper Mount Bethel Township’s grade for schools is a B+
Two of its 4 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed. The largest public high school is Bangor Area HS, with 883 students. Bangor Area SD runs its public schools.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five Points El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–2 | Grades K–2 | 580 | – |
| Bangor Area HSLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 883 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Upper Mount Bethel Township keeps 24.3% of its land conserved
Trails run 14 miles in 10 parks and preserves. Upper Mount Bethel Township’s concentration of trails comes in at 0.3 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Gerald E. Seyfried Bear Swamp Park & Archery Complex | 2.2 mi | 235 |
| 2. Minsi Lake Wilderness Area | 2.1 mi | 252 |
| 3. Columcille Megalith Park | 0.8 mi | 10 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Fewer young adults than Pennsylvania overall
Adults 18 to 34 are 13% of residents (22% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 46% of residents (38% statewide). Upper Mount Bethel Township’s age of the median resident stands at 52.8 years. Among adults 25 and older, 27% have a four-year degree or more, against 35% across Pennsylvania. 16% of residents are under 18 in the town.
| Upper Mount Bethel Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 52.8 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 16% | 20% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 26% | 21% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 27% | 29% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.8 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Upper Mount Bethel Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.1% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 6.4% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 3.3% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.6% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.4% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 18.5% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.9% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 12.7% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.2% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 43.6% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 16.2% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.5% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21.4% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 5.1% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Four seasons and pleasant summers: that is Upper Mount Bethel Township’s year
July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 19° and about 23 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The biggest natural risk in Upper Mount Bethel Township is inland flooding, at a moderate overall level
124 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 33 properties have flooded more than once.
On expected storm and flood damage, Upper Mount Bethel Township sits below 57% of U.S. communities. The town has had 124 paid flood insurance claims since 1996. Of the losses FEMA expects in the town, 75% come from inland flooding and 5% from hurricanes. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Upper Mount Bethel Township once, in 2011.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Upper Mount Bethel Township ranks healthier than 53% of the country’s towns
The share of adults in Upper Mount Bethel Township who binge drink: 19%. In Upper Mount Bethel Township, 17% of adults smoke cigarettes, and 36% sleep under 7 hours.
| Upper Mount Bethel Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 38% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| What stands out | Upper Mount Bethel Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 7.2% | 5.8% |
| More adults with arthritis | 35.3% | 30.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.1% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Upper Mount Bethel Township
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Upper Mount Bethel Township
About 2 of every 100 Upper Mount Bethel Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
About Upper Mount Bethel Township
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
Upper Mount Bethel Township is a township in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population of Upper Mount Bethel Township was 6,439 at the 2020 census. The 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
- 44 sq mi
- Elevation
- 699 ft
Upper Mount Bethel Township’s neighbors
10 towns share a border with Upper Mount Bethel Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Mount Bethel Township | #712 | B− | B− | — | B+ | B− |
| East Bangor | — | — | B | — | B+ | B− |
| Portland | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Stroud Township | #800 | C+ | C− | — | B− | B− |
| Washington Township | #614 | B | C | A− | B+ | B− |
| Hamilton Township | #973 | C− | C− | — | B− | B− |
| Smithfield Township | #829 | C+ | C− | — | C+ | B |
East Bangor has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Upper Mount Bethel Township, East Bangor, Stroud Township, Hamilton Township and Smithfield Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Portland isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Upper Mount Bethel Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Upper Mount Bethel Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Upper Mount Bethel Township, PA a good place to live?
Upper Mount Bethel Township grades B− overall, better than 48% of U.S. towns and #712 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B− for health and B+ for schools.
Is Upper Mount Bethel 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−.