Bethlehem is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 77,617 people and 27 associated neighborhoods, Bethlehem is the seventh largest community in Pennsylvania.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Bethlehem is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Bethlehem is a city of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bethlehem who work in management occupations (10.79%), office and administrative support (9.03%), and sales jobs (8.75%). Also of interest is that Bethlehem has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.81% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The education level of Bethlehem citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 36.24% of adults in Bethlehem have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Bethlehem in 2022 was $39,161, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $156,644 for a family of four. However, Bethlehem contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Bethlehem is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Bethlehem home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bethlehem residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Bethlehem also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 27.30% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Bethlehem include German, Irish, Italian, English, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Bethlehem is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Portuguese.
