Emmaus is a city of 11,889 people in Pennsylvania. Density works out to 4,107 people per square mile. The foreign-born share is 3%. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $266,000. Poverty is uncommon here, at 7.3% of locals. 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
At a glance
Average income
median household income $83,917, near the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 39.1
US median: 38.9
Average education
32% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 30%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Emmaus
What changed most since 1990
Median home value (2024 dollars)$241,447 → $266,000(+10%)US over the same years: +67%
Homes owned by their occupants68.8% → 64.0%(−4.8 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Emmaus's population equals 3.1% of Lehigh County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 0.7% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 1.7% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)4.1%(23)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)25.4%(142)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era42.5%(237)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War3%(17)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 558 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Emmaus, decade by decade
Emmaus population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
11,157
$80,186
$241,447
18.8%
5.1
2000
11,313
$80,483
$205,301
24.6%
11.3
2010
11,211
$88,061
$268,150
30.5%
20.7
2020
11,652
$86,566
$237,802
27.0%
40.5
2024
11,889
$83,917
$266,000
32.1%
37.4
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
