Lower Milford Township

County: Lehigh

Type of Municipality: Township, Second Class

School District: Southern Lehigh

Municipal Address:

7607 Chestnut Hill Church Road

Coopersburg, Pennsylvania 18036

Telephone: (610) 967-4949

FAX: (610) 967-1013

Land Use 2004(in acres)

Residential                                2,999.5             (23.8%)

Commercial                                   69.6               (0.6%)

Industrial                                         5.3               (0.0%)

Wholesale & Warehousing               0.0               (0.0%)

Transp., Comm. & Utilities          648.8               (5.1%)

Public & Quasi-Public                181.6               (1.4%)

Parks & Recreation                     228.6               (1.8%)

Agriculture & Vacant                8,491.7              (67.3%)

Total Acres                12,625.1            (100.0%)

Area: 19.73 sq. mi.

Population Density 2000: 183 / sq. mi.

Assessed Value of Taxable Real Estate

            1991                  $84,869,600

2006                $118,253,900

Change               $33,384,300 (39.3%)

Real Estate Tax Millage Rates 2006

Municipal                       2.00

School District              39.60

County                         10.25

Total                            51.85

Population

1960 census                             1,779

1970 census                             2,189

1980 census                             2,865

1990 census                             3,269

2000 census                             3,617

2004 estimate                           3,805

2010 forecast                           3,924

2020 forecast                           4,246

Housing Characteristics 2000

Total households                       1,277

Persons per household               2.83

Total housing units                    1,308

Occupied housing units             1,277 (100.0%)

Owner occupied                       1,161   (90.9%)

Renter occupied                          116     (9.1%)

Vacant housing units                      31

Median value-owner occupied (2000)      $172,700

Median monthly contract rent (2000)              $473

New Housing Construction (No. of units)

1993 - 12         1998 - 25

1994 - 22         1999 - 31

1995 - 20         2000 - 34

1996 - 11         2001 - 18

1997 - 12         2002 - 26

Sex Data 2000

Male                1,828 (50.5%)

Female             1,789 (49.5%)

Age Data 2000

Median age                  40.5

Under 18 years             907 (25.1%)

65 years and over         415 (11.5%)

Income & Poverty Status 1999

Median household income         $67,008

Median family income               $75,409

Per capita income                     $27,572

Persons below poverty level             101 (2.8%)

Selected Race & Hispanic Origin Characteristics 2000

White                                              3,548 (98.1%)

Black or African American                      6 (0.2%)

American Indian, Alaska Native              9 (0.2%)

Asian                                                    20 (0.6%)

All Others                                             34 (0.9%)

Hispanic or Latino (origin any race)       25 (0.7%)

Educational Attainment 2000 (persons 25 years and over)

No high school degree                          299 (12.1%)

High school graduate only                     976 (39.7%)

Some college/associate degree              433 (17.6%)

Bachelor’s or graduate degree              753 (30.6%)

High school degree or higher                         87.9%

Ancestry 2000 (top 5 listed)

Total reported              4,209 (100.0%)

German            1,337 (31.8%)

Irish                     589 (14.0%)

English                279 (6.6%)

Italian                  264 (6.3%)

Polish                  224 (5.3%)

Place of Work 2000 (workers 16 years & over)

Worked in Lower Milford                     291 (14.6%)

Worked outside Lower Milford         1,701 (85.4%)Median monthly contract

Occupation 2000 (employed persons 16 years & over)

Management, professional                     727 (36.3%)

Service occupations                              170 (8.5%)

Sales & office                                      486 (24.2%)

Farming, fishing & forestry                      18 (0.9%)

Construction, extraction, maint.             217 (10.8%)

Production, trans., mat. moving             386 (19.3%)

Total employed                                  2,004 (100.0%)