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Hellertown borough, Pennsylvania: commercial real estate data.
Hellertown borough is a Census borough of 6,118 people across 1.31 square miles of land, in Northampton County. Median household income is $72,813, 66.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 12 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $4.2 m.
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Hellertown
What Hellertown is
- Census place typeborough
- Land area1.31 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land4,664
- County holding the largest share of its areaNorthampton 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.
Hellertown
How many people live in Hellertown
- Population6,118
- Median age41.5
- Population under 181,239
- Share under 1820.3 percent
- Population 65 and over1,457
- Share 65 and over23.8 percent
- Households2,398
- Family households1,415
- Share of households that are families59.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hellertown
Income and work in Hellertown
- Median household income$72,813
- Per capita income$36,700
- Civilian labor force3,089
- Employed2,839
- Unemployed250 plus or minus 117
- Unemployment rate8.1 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Adults 25 and over4,438
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher30.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree9.9 percent plus or minus 2.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hellertown
Housing in Hellertown
- Housing units2,597
- Occupied units2,398
- Vacant units199 plus or minus 119
- Vacancy rate7.7 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Owner occupied1,599
- Renter occupied799 plus or minus 170
- Ownership rate66.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$256,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,372
- Annual rent as a share of median income22.6 percent
- Single family units2,067
- Share single family79.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more530 plus or minus 170
- Share in buildings of two or more20.4 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1952
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hellertown
How Hellertown gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,238
- Commuting under 15 minutes662 plus or minus 203
- Share commuting under 15 minutes29.6 percent plus or minus 8.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more584 plus or minus 144
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more26.1 percent plus or minus 5.4
- Drove alone74.2 percent
- Carpooled0.9 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Public transport2.0 percent plus or minus 2.1
- Walked1.2 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Worked from home18.8 percent plus or minus 5.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Hellertown
SBA loans in Hellertown (7(a))
- Approvals12
- Gross approval$4,227,700
- Average approval$352,308
- Median approval$122,700
- Ninetieth percentile approval$775,000
- Largest approval$2,045,000
- Jobs supported97
- Jobs per approval8.1
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more8.3 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders8
- Distinct industries by NAICS6
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.
Hellertown
Flood risk in Hellertown
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number420723
- Currently effective map date07/16/14
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.
Northampton County, not Hellertown
Northampton County context, not Hellertown figures
These are Northampton County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Hellertown measurements.
- Establishments in Northampton County6,529
- Employment at those establishments, Northampton County121,192
- Covered employment, Northampton County120,976
- Average annual pay, Northampton County$60,298
- Average weekly wage, Northampton County$1,160
- Housing units permitted, Northampton County546
- Of those, single family, Northampton County372
- County product, 2024, Northampton County$20,981,619,000
- County product change over the prior year, Northampton County3.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Northampton County$73,377
Every figure in this section is published for Northampton County as a whole and is not a measurement of Hellertown. 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
Hellertown questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Hellertown, Pennsylvania?
6,118, in 2,398 households. Hellertown borough covers 1.31 square miles of land, which is 4,664 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Hellertown in?
Northampton 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 Hellertown?
$72,813. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $256,200. Median gross rent is $1,372 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Hellertown businesses?
12 7(a) approvals totalling $4.2 m, across 8 lenders, median approval $122,700. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Hellertown, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Hellertown borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Hellertown. 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 Hellertown in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Hellertown appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 420723, 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 Hellertown figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Northampton 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 Hellertown.
Is zoning published for Hellertown?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.