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The median home value in Lehigh County, PA is $368,933 as of 2026-07-31, up 4.08% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$368,933
Year-over-Year
+4.08%
National Rank
#573 of 3071
Lehigh County ranks 7th out of 67 counties in PA by median home price, and is +57.4% above the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within PA, the typical county has a median home value of $230,781, making Lehigh County +59.9% above the PA state median.
Households here earn a median of $80,079 a year against a typical home value of $368,933 — a price-to-income ratio of 4.6×, above the 3× level usually considered comfortable, but below 5×. That is less affordable than roughly 77% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Lehigh County recorded a violent crime rate of 232 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the national range. Property crime runs at 1,388 per 100,000.
Based on 8 reporting cities covering 161,536 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Lehigh County is $368,933. That's up 4.08% from a year earlier. That is about 57.4% above the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Lehigh County the 7th most expensive of 67 counties in Pennsylvania.
Median household income here is $80,079, so a typical home costs about 4.6× annual household earnings — moderately expensive compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Lehigh County recorded 232 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 161,536 residents across 8 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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