Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Whitehall Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C overall, ranked 900th of 1032 in Pennsylvania, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is health: CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 59% of the country. Expect to pay for it: homes are expensive, about $262K for a typical one and 3.1 times the Allentown metro’s $85K median household income. Whitehall Township’s trail density is 1.4 miles per square mile, above both Pennsylvania’s towns (0.4) and U.S. towns (0.4). On civic life, just 57 of Pennsylvania’s 1,717 towns do worse. Whitehall Township has 6 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Cold Spring Bridge and Helfrich's Springs Grist Mill.
Where Whitehall Township beats most towns.
8.2% of the town is conserved land, across 17 parks and preserves.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Whitehall Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 24,896 in 2000, 29,173 in 2020. The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 1971 and 6 maps from 1942 on.
6 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Whitehall Township. Close and well known come first.
6 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
4 mi Stadium & arenaPPL Center
16 mi Park & preserveLehigh River
37 mi National Historical ParkValley Forge National Historical Park1.8M visitors a year11 mi Ski areaBlue Mountain Resort44 runs · 1,077 ft vertical
29 mi National park siteMiddle Delaware National Scenic River4.1M visitors a yearDorney 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 · Middle Delaware National Scenic River: Mike Serfas, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Whitehall 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Whitehall Township.
18 miles of trail in 17 parks and preserves. The biggest place to walk is Jordan Creek Parkway, 239 acres with 8.8 miles of trail.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Jordan Creek Parkway | 8.8 mi | 239 |
| 2. Whitehall Parkway | 5.8 mi | 154 |
| 3. Thomas Iron Works Property | 1.2 mi | 50 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by Whitehall-Coplay SD. Two of its 7 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehall-Coplay MSLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 975 | C |
| Whitehall HSLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,462 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Each of the 4 graded towns on its borders reports less crime per resident, from Allentown (C) to Northampton (A). At 31.8 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 89% of Pennsylvania’s graded towns.
At 18.7 per 1,000 residents, Whitehall Township’s property crime rate is above both the Pennsylvania town median (5.7) and the median of U.S. towns (9.9). Whitehall Township’s violent crime rate is 1.9 per 1,000 residents.
| Whitehall Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 18.7 per 1,000 residents | 5.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.9 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Most working residents leave Whitehall Township for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Allentown (12%), Bethlehem (8%) and Upper Macungie Township (7%).
| Whitehall Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $76,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Whitehall Township has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 20° and about 33 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Whitehall Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 17% of Whitehall Township adults binge drink.
| Whitehall Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 18% | 16% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 9.2% | 6.9% | 8.1% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 24% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 17% | 14% |
| What stands out | Whitehall Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 9.2% | 5.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Pennsylvania average. 27% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 35% across Pennsylvania.
| Whitehall Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 39.6 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 19% | 20% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 18% | 21% | 18% |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1.8 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women. Among residents 18 to 24, 70% are men (PA 51%).
| Whitehall Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.8% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.6% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.7% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.9% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.2% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.3% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.8% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.1% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.7% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.8% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 35.5% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 16.8% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.7% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 17.6% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.6% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 54% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 45 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Whitehall Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
8 within 15 miles of the center of Whitehall Township
About 6 of every 100 Whitehall Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
Where Whitehall Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
6 places in Whitehall Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Whitehall Township is a township with home rule status in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States. The township's population was 29,173 as of the 2020 census. Whitehall Township is a suburb of Allentown in the Lehigh Valley metropolitan region, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census. The township is 4.4 miles (7.1 km) north of Allentown, 64.1 miles (103.2 km) northwest of Philadelphia, and 93.7 miles (150.8 km) west of New York City.
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10 towns share a border with Whitehall Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehall Township | #900 | C | C− | C | B− | B |
| Fullerton | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Allentown | #1021 | D | C | C | D | D |
| Catasauqua | #634 | B | B− | B− | C+ | B |
| Northampton | #233 | A | B− | A | B+ | B− |
| Hanover Township | — | — | C | — | C+ | C− |
| Coplay | #505 | B+ | C+ | A− | B− | B− |
| North Whitehall Township | #133 | A | C+ | — | A | A− |
Hanover Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Hanover Township and North Whitehall Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Fullerton isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Whitehall Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Whitehall Township grades C overall, better than 28% of U.S. towns and #900 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B for health, C for safety and B− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
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