322,989 people (2024 Census estimate, +3.3% since 2020)
370 square miles of land · 873 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
46 active community water systems list Northampton County in the area they serve, reporting 314,300 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CITY OF BETHLEHEM surface water · local government · PA3480046 | 117,259 served |
| EASTON AREA WATER SYSTEM surface water · local government · PA3480050 | 96,867 served |
| NORTHAMPTON BORO MUNI AUTH surface water · local government · PA3480057 | 40,000 served |
| PAWC BLUE MOUNTAIN surface water · private · PA3480055 | 23,763 served |
| PAWC BANGOR surface water · private · PA3480038 | 9,008 served |
| HELLERTOWN BOROUGH AUTHORITY groundwater · local government · PA3480052 | 5,800 served |
| LOWER SAUCON AUTHORITY buys surface water · local government · PA3480027 | 5,700 served |
| WALNUTPORT AUTHORITY groundwater (surface-influenced) · local government · PA3480032 | 3,000 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 569 people were held in Northampton County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 279 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 665.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
8 school districts have their office in Northampton County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $333.4 million — $276.3 million to run schools, about $21,296 per student, plus $17.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $229.9 million local (mostly property tax), $97.5 million state, $35.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $241.6 million.
Spent $211.8 million — $168.8 million to run schools, about $21,128 per student, plus $15.9 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $130.5 million local (mostly property tax), $59.3 million state, $15 million federal. Long-term debt: $137.5 million.
Spent $121.6 million — $101.8 million to run schools, about $19,471 per student, plus $4.5 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $85.5 million local (mostly property tax), $35.9 million state, $6.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $128.9 million.
Spent $102.2 million — $88.5 million to run schools, about $18,242 per student, plus $3.8 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $78.7 million local (mostly property tax), $27.1 million state, $2.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $96.1 million.
Spent $57.6 million — $52 million to run schools, about $18,746 per student, plus $814,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $38.5 million local (mostly property tax), $23.9 million state, $3.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $26.2 million.
Spent $43.6 million — $38.1 million to run schools, about $17,661 per student, plus $663,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $29.6 million local (mostly property tax), $15.9 million state, $3.8 million federal. Long-term debt: $13.5 million.
Spent $51.3 million — $45 million to run schools, about $22,970 per student, plus $3.1 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $39.6 million local (mostly property tax), $11.3 million state, $2.7 million federal. Long-term debt: $8.7 million.
Spent $35.2 million — $29 million to run schools, about $20,108 per student, plus $3.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $23.9 million local (mostly property tax), $12 million state, $2.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $89,000.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Moderate compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Northampton County about $90.4 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively High; social vulnerability: Relatively Low.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
354 bridges in Northampton County: 113 in good condition, 212 fair, and 29 poor (8.2%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| PA 33 SB (LR1098) over BUSHKILL CREEK · built 2004 | 27,991 vehicles a day |
| PA 33 NB(LR1098) over BUSHKILL CREEK · built 2004 | 27,739 vehicles a day |
| PA 329 (LR 175) over CATASAUQUA CREEK · built 1945 | 8,227 vehicles a day |
| SR 512 (LR 165) over MARTINS CREEK · built 1911 | 7,047 vehicles a day |
| SR 2025 (LR 166) over LITTLE BUSHKILL CREEK · built 1929 | 7,017 vehicles a day |
| SR2027 HECKTOWN RD over US 22 (LR 772) · built 1954 | 6,287 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $80.3 million of work in Northampton County in fiscal 2025, about $257 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Pennsylvania are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Northampton County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Northampton County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Warren County, NJ (17 mi) · Lehigh County (18 mi) · Monroe County (21 mi) · Carbon County (24 mi) · Hunterdon County, NJ (24 mi) · Bucks County (31 mi).