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Unread 06-13-2012, 10:02 AM
 
Location: The Happy Place
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All municipalities have different tax rates, which is not a concern if you are renting.

Upper and Lower refers to slight changes in altitude for the townships. Upper and Lower Macungie and the three boroughs form the bulk of the suburbs West of the City of Allentown. Nearly all housing in this region is upscale, and has convenient access to Philadelphia.

The Northern Suburbs of Allentown have more ethnic diversity and much lower home prices.

WESTERN SUBURBS ALLENTOWN population
20,063 Upper Macungie township
30,633 Lower Macungie township
3,074 Macungie borough
2,361 Alburtis borough
11,211 Emmaus borough

SOUTHWESTERN SUBURBS ALLENTOWN population (rural / upscale )
7,292 Upper Milford township
3,775 Lower Milford township

NORTHERN SUBURBS ALLENTOWN population (lower cost)
15,703 North Whitehall township
19,180 South Whitehall township
26,738 Whitehall township

SOUTHERN SUBURBS
13,505 Salisbury township
14,808 Upper Saucon township (very upscale)
2,386 Coopersburg borough

NORTHWESTERN TOWNSHIPS & BOROUGHS (very RURAL)
6,624 Washington township
4,923 Weisenberg township
4,229 Lynn township
3,416 Heidelberg township
2,173 Lowhill township
4,232 Slatington borough
3,192 Coplay borough
Your awesome thank you ....we arent looking for Jewish Schools we are not religious by any stretch of the means, but would like to know there are some jewish people around

I remember looking at Whitehall it was OK...
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Unread 06-13-2012, 02:44 PM
 
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I remember looking at Whitehall it was OK...
As a general rule, there are more Jewish people in Lehigh County than in Northampton County. The exceptions that I know about are:
Bnai Abraham in Easton
Brith Shalom in Hanover TWSP near Bethlehem

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Lower/ Upper Macungie are the municipalities in Lehigh County with the highest percentage of Bachelor’s or graduate degree. Values range from 7.0% to 51.9% with 26.7% the average for both counties in the valley.

Lower Macungie Township (47.9%)
Upper Macungie Township (43.8%)
Upper Saucon Township (43.7%)
Hanover Township (Northampton County) (51.9%)

Whitehall Township (24.1%)

City of Bethlehem (26.6%)
City of Easton (16.8%)
City of Allentown (16.6%)
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