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Slatington borough, Pennsylvania: commercial real estate data.
Slatington borough is a Census borough of 4,290 people across 1.32 square miles of land, in Lehigh County. Median household income is $49,625, 59.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 10 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $4.6 m.
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Slatington
What Slatington is
- Census place typeborough
- Land area1.32 sq mi
- Water area0.06 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land3,245
- 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.
Slatington
How many people live in Slatington
- Population4,290
- Median age34.7
- Population under 181,249
- Share under 1829.1 percent
- Population 65 and over624 plus or minus 128
- Share 65 and over14.5 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Households1,700
- Family households1,011
- Share of households that are families59.5 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Slatington
Income and work in Slatington
- Median household income$49,625
- Per capita income$24,406
- Civilian labor force1,919
- Employed1,840
- Unemployed79 plus or minus 65
- Unemployment rate4.1 percent plus or minus 3.4
- Adults 25 and over2,877
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher92.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher13.0 percent plus or minus 4.7
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.8 percent plus or minus 3.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Slatington
- Housing units1,925
- Occupied units1,700
- Vacant units225 plus or minus 114
- Vacancy rate11.7 percent plus or minus 5.8
- Owner occupied1,006
- Renter occupied694 plus or minus 189
- Ownership rate59.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$191,500
- Median gross rent, monthly$882 plus or minus $219
- Annual rent as a share of median income21.3 percent plus or minus 6.7
- Single family units1,333
- Share single family69.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more592 plus or minus 174
- Share in buildings of two or more30.8 percent plus or minus 8.7
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1938
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Slatington gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,661
- Commuting under 15 minutes202 plus or minus 99
- Share commuting under 15 minutes12.2 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Commuting 30 minutes or more740 plus or minus 213
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more44.6 percent plus or minus 11.2
- Drove alone70.0 percent
- Carpooled14.4 percent plus or minus 8.5
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked6.3 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Worked from home9.3 percent plus or minus 4.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Slatington
SBA loans in Slatington (7(a))
- Approvals10
- Gross approval$4,559,300
- Average approval$455,930
- Median approval$200,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,529,000
- Largest approval$1,529,000
- Jobs supported55
- Jobs per approval5.5
- Loans with a final outcome4
- Paid in full2
- Charged off2
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises10.0 percent
- Distinct lenders9
- Distinct industries by NAICS9
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 4 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.
Slatington
SBA loans in Slatington (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$392,000
- Average approval$392,000
- Median approval$392,000
- Largest approval$392,000
- Jobs supported1
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Slatington
Flood risk in Slatington
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number420592
- 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 Slatington
Lehigh County context, not Slatington 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 Slatington 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 Slatington. 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
Slatington questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Slatington, Pennsylvania?
4,290, in 1,700 households. Slatington borough covers 1.32 square miles of land, which is 3,245 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Slatington 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 Slatington?
$49,625. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $191,500. Median gross rent is $882 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Slatington businesses?
10 7(a) approvals totalling $4.6 m, across 9 lenders, median approval $200,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $392,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Slatington, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Slatington borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Slatington. only 4 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 Slatington in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Slatington appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 420592, 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 Slatington 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 Slatington.
Is zoning published for Slatington?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.