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Population in July 2007: 2,018. Population change since 2000: +4.4%
 

Males: 1,018  (50.4%)
Females: 1,000  (49.6%)
Median resident age:  36.4 years
Pennsylvania median age:  38.0 years

Estimated median household income in 2007: $57,200 (it was $44,297 in 2000)
Freemansburg  $57,200
Pennsylvania:  $48,576

Estimated median house/condo value in 2007: $167,600 (it was $91,300 in 2000)
Freemansburg  $167,600
Pennsylvania:  $155,000

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Races in Freemansburg:

  • White Non-Hispanic (80.5%)
  • Hispanic (14.9%)
  • Other race (5.7%)
  • Two or more races (3.0%)
  • Black (2.8%)
  • American Indian (0.8%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

2008 cost of living index in Freemansburg: 95.1 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (21.0%), Hungarian (10.5%), Italian (9.2%), Irish (8.4%), Dutch (6.7%), Slovak (4.7%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Incorporated on 01/24/1856

Elevation: 310 feet

Land area: 0.73 square miles.

Population density: 2766 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Freemansburg

  • High school or higher: 69.4%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 5.4%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 1.8%
  • Unemployed: 7.1%
  • Mean travel time to work: 23.1 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Freemansburg borough

  • Never married: 25.8%
  • Now married: 54.6%
  • Separated: 2.6%
  • Widowed: 6.5%
  • Divorced: 10.5%

68 residents are foreign born (2.5% Europe, 0.7% Latin America).

This city:  3.6%
Pennsylvania:  4.1%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Freemansburg:  1.6% ($1,450)
Pennsylvania:  1.6% ($1,552)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Bethlehem, PA (2.5 miles , pop. 71,329).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Philadelphia, PA (45.5 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Middletown, PA (1.5 miles ), Bethlehem, PA (2.5 miles ), Hellertown borough, PA (3.0 miles ), Fountain Hill borough, PA (4.3 miles ), Old Orchard, PA (5.8 miles ), Palmer Heights, PA (6.8 miles ), Glendon borough, PA (7.5 miles ), Bath borough, PA (7.7 miles ).

Latitude: 40.63 N, Longitude: 75.34 W


77 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
7 people in homes for the mentally retarded

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Population change in the 1990s: +149 (+8.5%).



Most common industries for males:
  • Construction (18%)
  • Metal and metal products (6%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
  • Repair and maintenance (4%)
  • Plastics and rubber products (4%)
  • Utilities (4%)
  • Health care (4%)


Most common industries for females:
  • Health care (13%)
  • Finance and insurance (9%)
  • Educational services (7%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
  • Accommodation and food services (6%)
  • Personal and laundry services (5%)
  • Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)


Most common occupations for males
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
  • Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)


Most common occupations for females
  • Customer service representatives (6%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Personal appearance workers (4%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)


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Crime in Freemansburg (2006):
  • 0 murders (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 0 rapes (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 0 robberies (0.0 per 100,000)
  • 3 assaults (151.9 per 100,000)
  • 10 burglaries (506.3 per 100,000)
  • 43 thefts (2177.2 per 100,000)
  • 2 auto thefts (101.3 per 100,000)
  • City-data.com crime index = 161.0 (higher means more crime, US average = 309.6)

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Freemansburg-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Pennsylvania state average. It is 14% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 7/26/1981, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 17.2 miles away from the Freemansburg city center injured 2 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 3/21/1976, a category 3 tornado 26.7 miles away from the city center caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Freemansburg:
  • ST LUKES HOSPITAL OF BETHLEHEM (about 4 miles; BETHLEHEM, PA)
  • MUHLENBERG HOSPITAL CENTER (about 5 miles; BETHLEHEM, PA)
  • GOOD SHEPHERD REHABILITATION HOSPITAL (about 9 miles; ALLENTOWN, PA)

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Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Freemansburg:
  • LEHIGH VALLEY INTERNATIONAL (about 7 miles; ALLENTOWN, PA; ID: ABE)
  • TRENTON MERCER (about 45 miles; TRENTON, NJ; ID: TTN)
  • READING REGIONAL/CARL A SPAATZ FIELD (about 46 miles; READING, PA; ID: RDG)
Other public-use airports nearest to Freemansburg:
  • BRADEN AIRPARK (about 11 miles; EASTON, PA; ID: N43)
  • ALLENTOWN QUEEN CITY MUNI (about 11 miles; ALLENTOWN, PA; ID: 1N9)
  • QUAKERTOWN (about 14 miles; QUAKERTOWN, PA; ID: UKT)

College/University in Freemansburg:
  • LION INVESTIGATION ACADEMY (Location: 434 CLEARFIELD ST; Private, for-profit; Website: www.advsearch.com/lionacademy.htm)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Freemansburg:
  • NORTHAMPTON COUNTY AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 3 miles; BETHLEHEM, PA; Full-time enrollment: 3,128)
  • LEHIGH UNIVERSITY (about 4 miles; BETHLEHEM, PA; FT enrollment: 5,725)
  • LAFAYETTE COLLEGE (about 10 miles; EASTON, PA; FT enrollment: 2,218)
  • MUHLENBERG COLLEGE (about 13 miles; Allentown, PA; FT enrollment: 2,334)
  • LEHIGH CARBON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 20 miles; SCHNECKSVILLE, PA; FT enrollment: 2,145)
  • EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 32 miles; EAST STROUDSBURG, PA; FT enrollment: 4,985)
  • KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 32 miles; KUTZTOWN, PA; FT enrollment: 7,101)
Public elementary/middle school in Freemansburg:

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Average household size:
This city:  2.6 people
Pennsylvania:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This city:  71.8%
Whole state:  67.2%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city:  8.0%
Whole state:  5.0%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.0% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  9.4%
Whole state:  11.0%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  4.1%
Whole state:  5.1%

Freemansburg compared to Pennsylvania state average:
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Length of stay since moving in above state average.
  • House age significantly above state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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Freemansburg government finances in 2002:
  • Charges - Solid Waste Management: $117,000
    All Other: $83,000
    Sewerage: $1,000
  • Construction - Regular Highways: $1,000
  • Current Operations - General - Other: $180,000
    Police Protection: $145,000
    Regular Highways: $108,000
    Solid Waste Management: $90,000
    Central Staff Services: $81,000
    Fire Protection: $42,000
    General Public Buildings: $19,000
    Financial Administration: $14,000
    Judicial and Legal Services: $10,000
    Housing & Community Development: $9,000
    Parks & Recreation: $4,000
    Sewerage: $2,000
    Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $1,000
  • General - Interest on Debt: $10,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $226,000
  • Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $400,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $179,000
  • Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $447,000
  • Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $22,000
    Interest Earnings: $20,000
  • Other Capital Outlay - Police Protection: $22,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $534,000
  • State Intergovernmental - Highways: $32,000
    All Other: $10,000
    General Support: $1,000
  • Tax - Property: $289,000
    Individual Income: $148,000
    NEC: $47,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $252,000

6.85% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($50,496 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.85%
Pennsylvania average:  4.99%

0.14% of residents moved from foreign countries ($206 average AGI)
Northampton County:  0.14%
Pennsylvania average:  0.12%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Lehigh County, PA  1.91% ($41,431 average AGI)
from Warren County, NJ  0.55% ($50,535)
from Monroe County, PA  0.39% ($43,248)


6.07% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($44,671 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.07%
Pennsylvania average:  5.08%

0.05% of residents moved to foreign countries ($468 average AGI)
Northampton County:  0.05%
Pennsylvania average:  0.05%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Lehigh County, PA  2.09% ($36,401 average AGI)
to Monroe County, PA  0.26% ($40,863)
to Warren County, NJ  0.20% ($37,091)


Strongest AM radio stations in Freemansburg:
  • WWJZ (640 AM; 50 kW; MOUNT HOLLY, NJ; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WGPA (1100 AM; daytime; 0 kW; BETHLEHEM, PA; Owner: TIMMER BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WTKZ (1320 AM; 5 kW; ALLENTOWN, PA; Owner: MEGA COMMUNICATIONS OF ALLENTOWN LICENSEE, L.L.C.)
  • WZZD (990 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: PENNSYLVANIA MEDIA ASSOCIATES, INC.)
  • KYW (1060 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WKAP (1470 AM; 5 kW; ALLENTOWN, PA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WAEB (790 AM; 4 kW; ALLENTOWN, PA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WPEN (950 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: GREATER PHILADELPHIA RADIO, INC.)
  • WVCH (740 AM; 50 kW; CHESTER, PA; Owner: WVCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WNWR (1540 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA)
  • WPHT (1210 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WMCA (570 AM; 50 kW; NEW YORK, NY; Owner: SALEM MEDIA OF NEW YORK, LLC)
  • WWDB (860 AM; daytime; 10 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA)

Strongest FM radio stations in Freemansburg:
  • WLVR-FM (91.3 FM; BETHLEHEM, PA; Owner: LEHIGH UNIVERSITY)
  • WZZO (95.1 FM; BETHLEHEM, PA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WLEV (100.7 FM; ALLENTOWN, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WDIY (88.1 FM; ALLENTOWN, PA; Owner: LEHIGH VALLEY COMMUNITY BR/CST ASSOC)
  • WJCS (89.3 FM; ALLENTOWN, PA; Owner: BEACON BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WCTO (96.1 FM; EASTON, PA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • W224AU (92.7 FM; ALLENTOWN, PA; Owner: MERCER COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
  • W278AI (103.5 FM; CENTER VALLEY, PA; Owner: BUX-MONT EDUCATIONAL RADIO ASSOCIATION)
  • W246AA (97.1 FM; ALLENTOWN, ETC., PA; Owner: TEMPLE UNIV. OF THE COMMONWEALTH,ETC)
  • WWPJ (89.5 FM; PEN ARGYL, PA; Owner: MERCER COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
  • WODE-FM (99.9 FM; EASTON, PA; Owner: NASSAU BROADCASTING II, LLC)
  • W290AC (105.9 FM; PALMERTON, PA; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)
  • W245AC (96.9 FM; HARMONY TOWNSHIP, NJ; Owner: MERCER COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE)
  • WSBG (93.5 FM; STROUDSBURG, PA; Owner: NASSAU BROADCASTING II, L.L.C.)
  • WBYO (88.9 FM; SELLERSVILLE, PA; Owner: FOUR RIVERS COMMUNITY BROADCASTING CORP)
  • WAEB-FM (104.1 FM; ALLENTOWN, PA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WKRF (107.9 FM; TOBYHANNA, PA; Owner: ENTERCOM WILKES-BARRE SCRANTON, LLC)
  • WRTY (91.1 FM; JACKSON TOWNSHIP, PA; Owner: TEMPLE UNIV COMMONWEALTH SYS HGR ED.)
  • WWYY (107.1 FM; BELVIDERE, NJ; Owner: NASSAU BROADCASTING HOLDINGS, INC.)
  • WBYX (88.7 FM; STROUDSBURG, PA; Owner: FOUR RIVERS COMMUNITY BROADCASTING CORP)

TV broadcast stations around Freemansburg:
  • WFMZ-TV (Channel 69; ALLENTOWN, PA; Owner: MARANATHA BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • WLVT-TV (Channel 39; ALLENTOWN, PA; Owner: LEHIGH VALLEY PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP.)
  • W07DC (Channel 7; ALLENTOWN/BETHLEHEM, PA; Owner: NEW YORK TIMES MANAGEMENT SERVICES)
  • WBPH-TV (Channel 60; BETHLEHEM, PA; Owner: SONSHINE FAMILY TELEVISION CORPORATION)
  • W46BL (Channel 46; ALLENTOWN-BETHLEHEM, PA; Owner: MARANATHA BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • KYW-TV (Channel 3; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: CBS BROADCASTING INC.)
  • WPHL-TV (Channel 17; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: TRIBUNE TELEVISION COMPANY)
  • WPPX (Channel 61; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: PAXSON PHILADELPHIA LICENSE, INC.)
  • WPVI-TV (Channel 6; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WPSG (Channel 57; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: VIACOM STATIONS GROUP OF PHILADELPHIA INC.)
  • WCAU (Channel 10; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: NBC SUBSIDIARY (WCAU-TV), L.P.)
  • WGTW (Channel 48; BURLINGTON, NJ; Owner: BRUNSON COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WYBE (Channel 35; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INDEPENDENCE PUBLIC MEDIA OF PHILADELPHIA, INC.)
  • WHYY-TV (Channel 12; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: WHYY, INC.)
  • WTXF-TV (Channel 29; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: FOX TV STATIONS OF PHILADELPHIA)
  • WELL-LP (Channel 8; WILLOW GROVE, ETC., PA; Owner: WORD OF GOD FELLOWSHIP, INC.)




Freemansburg fatal accident list for 1998:
Oct 24, 1998 10:50 AM, Sr-3007, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1


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