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Emmaus borough, Pennsylvania: commercial real estate data.
Emmaus borough is a Census borough of 11,889 people across 2.90 square miles of land, in Lehigh County. Median household income is $83,917, 64.0 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 14 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $5.6 m.
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Emmaus
What Emmaus is
- Census place typeborough
- Land area2.9 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land4,107
- County holding the largest share of its areaLehigh 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.
Emmaus
How many people live in Emmaus
- Population11,889
- Median age39.1
- Population under 182,489
- Share under 1820.9 percent
- Population 65 and over1,963
- Share 65 and over16.5 percent
- Households5,038
- Family households3,333
- Share of households that are families66.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Emmaus
Income and work in Emmaus
- Median household income$83,917
- Per capita income$44,764
- Civilian labor force6,647
- Employed6,429
- Unemployed218 plus or minus 101
- Unemployment rate3.3 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Adults 25 and over8,560
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher32.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree8.9 percent plus or minus 2.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Emmaus
Housing in Emmaus
- Housing units5,128
- Occupied units5,038
- Vacant units90 plus or minus 94
- Vacancy rate1.8 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Owner occupied3,226
- Renter occupied1,812
- Ownership rate64.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$266,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,389
- Annual rent as a share of median income19.9 percent
- Single family units3,603
- Share single family70.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,525 plus or minus 336
- Share in buildings of two or more29.7 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1955
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Emmaus
How Emmaus gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute5,332
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,261 plus or minus 258
- Share commuting under 15 minutes23.6 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,663 plus or minus 341
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more31.2 percent
- Drove alone74.7 percent
- Carpooled8.7 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.3 percent plus or minus 1.0
- Worked from home14.0 percent plus or minus 4.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Emmaus
SBA loans in Emmaus (7(a))
- Approvals14
- Gross approval$5,610,800
- Average approval$400,771
- Median approval$350,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$870,000
- Largest approval$936,500
- Jobs supported100
- Jobs per approval7.1
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more28.6 percent
- Share to franchises7.1 percent
- Distinct lenders8
- Distinct industries by NAICS9
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 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.
Emmaus
SBA loans in Emmaus (504)
- Approvals3
- Gross approval$1,519,000
- Average approval$506,333
- Median approval$548,000
- Largest approval$796,000
- Jobs supported11
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Emmaus
Flood risk in Emmaus
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number420588
- Currently effective map date07/16/04
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.
Lehigh County, not Emmaus
Lehigh County context, not Emmaus figures
These are Lehigh County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Emmaus measurements.
- Establishments in Lehigh County8,681
- Employment at those establishments, Lehigh County201,146
- Covered employment, Lehigh County200,548
- Average annual pay, Lehigh County$70,311
- Average weekly wage, Lehigh County$1,352
- Housing units permitted, Lehigh County1,062
- Of those, single family, Lehigh County541
- County product, 2024, Lehigh County$31,738,508,000
- County product change over the prior year, Lehigh County4.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Lehigh County$61,849
Every figure in this section is published for Lehigh County as a whole and is not a measurement of Emmaus. 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
Emmaus questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Emmaus, Pennsylvania?
11,889, in 5,038 households. Emmaus borough covers 2.90 square miles of land, which is 4,107 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Emmaus in?
Lehigh 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 Emmaus?
$83,917. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $266,000. Median gross rent is $1,389 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Emmaus businesses?
14 7(a) approvals totalling $5.6 m, across 8 lenders, median approval $350,000, plus 3 504 approvals worth $1.5 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Emmaus, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Emmaus borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Emmaus. only 0 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 Emmaus in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Emmaus appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 420588, 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 Emmaus figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Lehigh 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 Emmaus.
Is zoning published for Emmaus?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.