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Palmerton borough, Pennsylvania: commercial real estate data.
Palmerton borough is a Census borough of 5,622 people across 2.49 square miles of land, in Carbon County. Median household income is $68,143, 57.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 6 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $2.6 m.
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Palmerton
What Palmerton is
- Census place typeborough
- Land area2.49 sq mi
- Water area0.05 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,262
- 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.
Palmerton
How many people live in Palmerton
- Population5,622
- Median age48.3
- Population under 18731 plus or minus 224
- Share under 1813.0 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Population 65 and over1,500 plus or minus 374
- Share 65 and over26.7 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Households2,802
- Family households1,361
- Share of households that are families48.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Palmerton
- Median household income$68,143 plus or minus $16,780
- Per capita income$41,909
- Civilian labor force3,220
- Employed3,163
- Unemployed57 plus or minus 63
- Unemployment rate1.8 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Adults 25 and over4,402
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher90.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher18.3 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.2 percent plus or minus 3.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Palmerton
Housing in Palmerton
- Housing units2,870
- Occupied units2,802
- Vacant units68 plus or minus 48
- Vacancy rate2.4 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Owner occupied1,621
- Renter occupied1,181 plus or minus 311
- Ownership rate57.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$180,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$931
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.4 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Single family units2,059
- Share single family71.7 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more811 plus or minus 319
- Share in buildings of two or more28.3 percent plus or minus 10.9
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1947
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Palmerton gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,893
- Commuting under 15 minutes680 plus or minus 275
- Share commuting under 15 minutes23.5 percent plus or minus 9.1
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,534 plus or minus 355
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more53.0 percent
- Drove alone83.9 percent
- Carpooled5.5 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Public transport0.6 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Walked4.8 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Worked from home5.2 percent plus or minus 3.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Palmerton
SBA loans in Palmerton (7(a))
- Approvals6
- Gross approval$2,606,000
- Average approval$434,333
- Median approval$645,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$711,000
- Largest approval$711,000
- Jobs supported41
- Jobs per approval6.8
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more16.7 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders4
- Distinct industries by NAICS4
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 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.
Palmerton
SBA loans in Palmerton (504)
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$1,706,000
- Average approval$853,000
- Median approval$883,000
- Largest approval$883,000
- Jobs supported21
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Charged off2
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Palmerton
Flood risk in Palmerton
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number420253
- 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 Palmerton
Carbon County context, not Palmerton 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 Palmerton 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 Palmerton. 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
Palmerton questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Palmerton, Pennsylvania?
5,622, in 2,802 households. Palmerton borough covers 2.49 square miles of land, which is 2,262 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Palmerton 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 Palmerton?
$68,143. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $180,000. Median gross rent is $931 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Palmerton businesses?
6 7(a) approvals totalling $2.6 m, across 4 lenders, median approval $645,000, plus 2 504 approvals worth $1.7 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Palmerton, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Palmerton borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Palmerton. only 2 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 Palmerton in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Palmerton appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 420253, 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 Palmerton 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 Palmerton.
Is zoning published for Palmerton?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.