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Lehighton borough, Pennsylvania: commercial real estate data.
Lehighton borough is a Census borough of 5,268 people across 1.62 square miles of land, in Carbon County. Median household income is $64,651, 49.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 18 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $3.9 m.
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Lehighton
What Lehighton is
- Census place typeborough
- Land area1.62 sq mi
- Water area0.03 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land3,246
- County holding the largest share of its areaCarbon County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lehighton
How many people live in Lehighton
- Population5,268
- Median age36.8
- Population under 181,418 plus or minus 377
- Share under 1826.9 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Population 65 and over870 plus or minus 184
- Share 65 and over16.5 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Households1,912
- Family households1,223
- Share of households that are families64.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lehighton
Income and work in Lehighton
- Median household income$64,651 plus or minus $23,488
- Per capita income$32,499
- Civilian labor force2,589
- Employed2,481
- Unemployed108 plus or minus 72
- Unemployment rate4.2 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Adults 25 and over3,519
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher90.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher14.5 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.2 percent plus or minus 4.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lehighton
Housing in Lehighton
- Housing units2,234
- Occupied units1,912
- Vacant units322 plus or minus 185
- Vacancy rate14.4 percent plus or minus 8.1
- Owner occupied951
- Renter occupied961 plus or minus 242
- Ownership rate49.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$213,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,019
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.9 percent plus or minus 7.6
- Single family units1,556
- Share single family69.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more664 plus or minus 229
- Share in buildings of two or more29.7 percent plus or minus 9.6
- Mobile homes14 plus or minus 23
- Median year structure built1942
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lehighton
How Lehighton gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,391
- Commuting under 15 minutes922 plus or minus 298
- Share commuting under 15 minutes38.6 percent plus or minus 11.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more803 plus or minus 233
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more33.6 percent plus or minus 8.9
- Drove alone65.1 percent
- Carpooled27.1 percent plus or minus 10.8
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked4.2 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Worked from home3.6 percent plus or minus 3.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lehighton
SBA loans in Lehighton (7(a))
- Approvals18
- Gross approval$3,915,500
- Average approval$217,528
- Median approval$175,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$675,000
- Largest approval$900,000
- Jobs supported86
- Jobs per approval4.8
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more5.6 percent
- Share to franchises5.6 percent
- Distinct lenders9
- Distinct industries by NAICS14
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Lehighton
SBA loans in Lehighton (504)
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$6,108,000
- Average approval$1,221,600
- Median approval$867,000
- Largest approval$3,758,000
- Jobs supported80
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Lehighton
Flood risk in Lehighton
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number420251
- Currently effective map date06/03/02
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Carbon County, not Lehighton
Carbon County context, not Lehighton figures
These are Carbon County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Lehighton measurements.
- Establishments in Carbon County1,205
- Employment at those establishments, Carbon County13,027
- Covered employment, Carbon County16,676
- Average annual pay, Carbon County$44,741
- Average weekly wage, Carbon County$860
- Housing units permitted, Carbon County157
- Of those, single family, Carbon County157
- County product, 2024, Carbon County$2,798,297,000
- County product change over the prior year, Carbon County4.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Carbon County$59,873
Every figure in this section is published for Carbon County as a whole and is not a measurement of Lehighton. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Lehighton questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Lehighton, Pennsylvania?
5,268, in 1,912 households. Lehighton borough covers 1.62 square miles of land, which is 3,246 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Lehighton in?
Carbon County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Lehighton?
$64,651. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $213,600. Median gross rent is $1,019 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Lehighton businesses?
18 7(a) approvals totalling $3.9 m, across 9 lenders, median approval $175,000, plus 5 504 approvals worth $6.1 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Lehighton, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Lehighton borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Lehighton. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Lehighton in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Lehighton appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 420251, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Lehighton figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Carbon County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Lehighton.
Is zoning published for Lehighton?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.