Borough of East Bangor | |
Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania#USA |
Pushpin Label: | East Bangor |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of East Bangor in Pennsylvania |
Coordinates: | 40.8797°N -75.185°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Northampton |
Established Title: | Founded |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Christopher Confalone |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 2.42 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.93 |
Area Land Km2: | 2.15 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.83 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.27 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.10 |
Elevation Ft: | 640 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 1124 |
Population Density Km2: | 522.26 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 1352.59 |
Population Metro: | 865,310 (US: 68th) |
Timezone1: | EST |
Utc Offset1: | -5 |
Timezone1 Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | -4 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
Postal Code: | 18013 |
Area Codes: | 610 and 484 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 42-20776 |
Blank1 Name: | Primary airport |
Blank1 Info: | Lehigh Valley International Airport |
Blank2 Name: | Major hospital |
Blank2 Info: | Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest |
Blank3 Name: | School district |
Blank3 Info: | Bangor Area |
Blank2 Name Sec2: | Wikimedia Commons |
Website: | eastbangorborough.org |
East Bangor is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, US, with population 1,124 at the 2020 census. It is 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.
East Bangor is located at (40.879848, -75.184934).[2] According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of, of which, or 9.64%, is water.
As of 2007, there were of public roads in East Bangor, of which were maintained by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and were maintained by the borough.[3]
Pennsylvania Route 512 is the only numbered highway serving East Bangor. It follows Central Avenue along a southwest-northeast alignment through the center of the borough.
As of the 2000 census, there were 979 people, 387 households, and 261 families residing in the borough. The population density was 1304.1sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 417 housing units at an average density of 555.5sp=usNaNsp=us. The racial makeup of the borough was 98.98% White, 0.20% African American, 0.10% Native American, 0.20% from other races, and 0.51% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.51% of the population.
There were 387 households, out of which 32.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.6% were married couples living together, 12.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.3% were non-families. 25.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.03.
In the borough, the population was spread out, with 24.8% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 30.2% from 25 to 44, 22.6% from 45 to 64, and 13.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 97.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.3 males. The median income for a household in the borough was $36,429, and the median income for a family was $42,386. Males had a median income of $31,958 versus $22,188 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $20,056. About 7.3% of families and 10.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 12.8% of those under age 18 and 9.2% of those age 65 or over.
The borough is served by the Bangor Area School District. Students in grades nine through 12 attend Bangor Area High School in Bangor.