Lehigh County Has Declined in Terms of Ownership of Real Estate by 1.0%, As Reported in the 2010 Census

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Parent Category: Pennsylvania

Category: Lehigh County, PA

According to data from the 2010 Census, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania decreased in total real estate dwellings by 13,703, or 11%, since the 2000 Census-- the State of Pennsylvania increased in total real estate dwellings by 317,565, or 6%.

When Measured against the US, Lehigh County has a low level of vacancy in residential housing. 8,630, or 6.1%, currently are unoccupied in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. Among these 8,630 unoccupied properties, 18.9% are for sale on the real estate market, while 39.5% are listed for lease.

Between 2000 and 2010, owner-occupied units in Lehigh County have decreased by 1.0%. By 2010, there were 90,846 (67.8%) residential properties occupied by owner, while 43,137 (32.2%) residential properties were being rented. Lehigh County has a greater amount of rentals than the State of Pennsylvania, which the Census reported had 30.4% of residential units occupied by renters.

Compared to other counties in the United States, Lehigh County has a high level of housing units that are minority-owned. 12.8% of housing units are owned by minorities in Lehigh County; while US as a whole had 21.7% and in the State of Pennsylvania 11.3% of residential properties are minority-owned.

Black is the race\ethnic group that reportedly rented the most often in Lehigh County. 62.8% the Black Census group reported renting in 2010.

Datasource:  U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2010 Summary File 1. For more information, please visit the US Census website or visit our Request Census Data section and file a request.

In Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 3,586 jobs from 2005 to 2010.

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Parent Category: Pennsylvania

Category: Lehigh County, PA

In Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 3,586 jobs from 2005 to 2010.

Given the 197 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each year, 88 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 108 industries reported a drop in employment.

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the general medical and surgical hospitals industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 12,920 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in general medical and surgical hospitals makes up 41.1% percent of the total growth in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Growing Industries
1. General medical and surgical hospitals (+12920)
2. Management of companies and enterprises (+1487)
3. Beverage manufacturing (+1418)
4. Employment services (+1406)
5. Offices of physicians (+1350)

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the insurance carriers industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 1,633 jobs in that time period. The declines in insurance carriers make up 10.5% percent of the jobs lost during the period in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania for the years between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Declining Industries
1. Insurance carriers (-1,633)
2. Residential mental health facilities (-930)
3. Executive, legislative and general government (-885)
4. Newspaper, book, and directory publishers (-514)
5. Building equipment contractors (-492)

Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).