What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Little Lehigh?
Little Lehigh is ranked #6 of 23 eligible neighborhoods in Allentown; #123 of 382 eligible neighborhoods in PA; and #5,576 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Little Lehigh
Allentown, PA | Lehigh County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
55.5
Stability and Strength
36.6
Value Opportunity
53.0
Momentum
89.1
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Allentown, PA |
| County | Lehigh County |
| National rank | #5,576 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #123 of 382 |
| City rank | #6 of 23 |
| County rank | #6 of 23 |
| National percentile | 62.8 |
| National band | MIDDLE_50_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $266,191 |
| Year-over-year home value change | 5.2% |
| Month-over-month home value change | 0.80% |
| Home value to income ratio | 3.11 |
| Median household income | $85,716 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 20.6% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 14.9% |
| Homeownership rate | 88.6% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 11.2% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 79.8% |
How to read this profile
- Ranks are always shown with denominators.
- Momentum reflects both year-over-year and month-over-month housing change.
- Stability and Strength and Value Opportunity are governed composite scores.
- Identity composition is descriptive intelligence and is not a scoring component.
Questions and Answers
Questions About Living in Little Lehigh
Is Little Lehigh one of the best neighborhoods in Allentown?
Little Lehigh has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 55.5 and a city ranking of #6 of 23 eligible neighborhoods in Allentown.
How much are homes worth in Little Lehigh?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Little Lehigh is approximately $266,191.
Are home values rising or falling in Little Lehigh?
Zillow neighborhood values changed 5.2% year over year and 0.80% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Little Lehigh?
Little Lehigh has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 89.1. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Little Lehigh?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $85,716.
How affordable is Little Lehigh relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 3.11. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Little Lehigh primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 88.6%.
What is the unemployment rate in Little Lehigh?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 14.9%.
How educated are residents of Little Lehigh?
Approximately 20.6% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Little Lehigh face high rent burden?
Approximately 79.8% of the applicable renter-household universe is estimated to spend 30% or more of household income on gross rent.
How does Best Neighborhoods USA score Little Lehigh?
The overall index combines 40% Stability and Strength, 35% Value Opportunity, and 25% Momentum. Race, ethnicity, and identity composition are not scoring components.
Governed ranking context
How this neighborhood ranks
HMDA Mortgage Intelligence
Neighborhood Mortgage Market
Modeled neighborhood-level mortgage activity allocated from governed HMDA tract data using Zillow neighborhood geometry. These neighborhood values are nonadditive and do not enter the Best Neighborhoods USA Index.
Activity year2024
Estimated applications5
Estimated originations3
Home-purchase applications2
Origination rate57.3%
Home-purchase share38.2%
Average application loan$194,338
Total application loan amount$886,010
National application rank#13,873 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 11.3% YoY; originations 6.3% YoY
Mortgage methodology
HMDA is natively reported at tract and other lender-reporting geographies, not Zillow neighborhood or ZIP geography. This module uses the certified NDS HMDA-to-Zillow tract-vintage crosswalk and area-weighted allocation. Rankings require governed geometry coverage. Applicant demographics are excluded. Neighborhood values may overlap and must not be summed to reconstruct ZIP or national totals.