Hellertown, Pennsylvania – Wikipedia

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Place in Pennsylvania, United States

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Hellertown is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. Its population was 6,131 at the 2020 census. Hellertown 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 2020. The borough is home to Lost River Caverns, a natural limestone cavern.

Geography[edit]

Hellertown is located at 40°35′3″N 75°20′17″W / 40.58417°N 75.33806°W / 40.58417; -75.33806 (40.584099, -75.338139).[3] According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.3 square miles (3.4 km2), all land.

Government and politics[edit]

Legislators[edit]

Transportation[edit]

PA 412 northbound in Hellertown

As of 2010, there were 24.26 miles (39.04 km) of public roads in Hellertown, of which 3.58 miles (5.76 km) were maintained by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and 20.68 miles (33.28 km) were maintained by the borough.[4]

Pennsylvania Route 412 runs north-south through Hellertown on Main Street, heading north to Bethlehem and south into Bucks County, where it provides access to Pennsylvania Route 611. PA 412 has an interchange with Interstate 78 just outside the corporate limits of Hellertown, which heads west to Allentown and Harrisburg and east to Easton and New York City.[5]

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LANTA provides bus service to Hellertown along Route 215, which provides service Monday-Saturday north to Bethlehem and Lehigh Valley International Airport, and Route 105, which provides Sunday service north to Bethlehem and the Lehigh Valley Mall.[6]Klein Transportation and Trans-Bridge Lines provide bus service from Hellertown to New York City from a park and ride lot located at the interchange between I-78 and PA 412.[7][8] Hellertown formerly had commuter rail service along SEPTA’s Bethlehem Line north to Bethlehem and south to Philadelphia at Hellertown station, but service ended in 1981.

Demographics[edit]

Historical population
Census Pop. Note %±
1880 605 —
1890 708 17.0%
1900 745 5.2%
1910 915 22.8%
1920 3,008 228.7%
1930 3,851 28.0%
1940 4,031 4.7%
1950 5,435 34.8%
1960 6,716 23.6%
1970 6,615 −1.5%
1980 6,025 −8.9%
1990 5,662 −6.0%
2000 5,606 −1.0%
2010 5,898 5.2%
2020 6,132 4.0%

As of the census[10] of 2000, there were 5,606 people, 2,448 households, and 1,571 families residing in the borough. The population density was 4,180.8 people per square mile (1,615.3/km2). There were 2,570 housing units at an average density of 1,916.6 per square mile (740.5/km2). The racial makeup of the borough was 98.20% White, 0.30% African American, 0.07% Native American, 0.20% Asian, 0.68% from other races, and 0.55% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.48% of the population.

There were 2,448 households, out of which 24.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.2% were married couples living together, 10.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.8% were non-families. 30.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.85.

In the borough, the population was distributed, with 20.2% under the age of 18, 6.6% from 18 to 24, 29.0% from 25 to 44, 21.2% from 45 to 64, and 23.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 89.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.2 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $39,651, and the median income for a family was $49,604. Males had a median income of $37,935 versus $26,322 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $20,119. About 4.1% of families and 4.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.5% of those under age 18 and 3.3% of those age 65 or over.

Public education[edit]

Hellertown Borough and Lower Saucon Township are served by the Saucon Valley School District.
Saucon Valley School District is made up of an elementary school, middle school, and Saucon Valley High School.

Notable people[edit]

In popular culture[edit]

Hellertown is mentioned in:

References[edit]

  1. ^ Deegan, Jim (17 May 2017). “Northampton County primary election results 2017”. lehighvalleylive. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b “Census Population API”. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved Oct 12, 2022.
  3. ^ “US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990”. United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
  4. ^ “Hellertown Borough map” (PDF). PennDOT. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
  5. ^ Northampton County, Pennsylvania Highway Map (PDF) (Map). PennDOT. 2015. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
  6. ^ System Map (Map). LANTA. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
  7. ^ “Klein Transportation and OurBus announce introductory schedule and rates”. Allentown, PA: WFMZ-TV. February 10, 2019. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
  8. ^ “Bieber sets new pick-up, drop-off point in New York City”. Allentown, PA: WFMZ-TV. July 27, 2018. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
  9. ^ “Census of Population and Housing”. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
  10. ^ a b “U.S. Census website”. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  11. ^ “Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012”. Population Estimates. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 11 June 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
  12. ^ Dauben, Joseph Warren; Scriba, Christoph J. Writing the history of mathematics: its historical development, Birkhäuser, 2002. Cf. pp.380-381 for the biography of Boyer.

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