+1 570 955 3538NEPA County Business Explorer: 10 Counties, 15 Measures
Pick any of ten northeastern Pennsylvania and Lehigh Valley counties and see population, income, home value, internet access, firm counts for five trades, sales tax records and federal contracts in one table. The largest county here is Lehigh (375,408 residents) and the smallest is Wyoming (26,075). Every figure comes from an open government file, and the sources are listed under the tool.
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What each measure means
- Population, median age, median household income, median home value: Census ACS 5-year estimates, 2019–2023.
- Households with no internet access: share of households, ACS table B28002. See the internet access page.
- Establishments and employees: Census County Business Patterns 2023, employers only. See the density study.
- Trade firms: same CBP file. A dash means no row was listed. See the trade competition page.
- Sales tax records: active Pennsylvania licenses and certificates, per the licenses page.
- Federal contracts: prime contract awards by place of performance, USAspending, fiscal year 2025. Wyoming County has no row in the source response.
Use it for
Picking a market. Compare a county's income and home value with its firm density before you buy a mailing list or pick a service area.
Checking a claim. When a vendor says your county has "thousands of competitors," see how many employer firms exist in your trade.
Briefing a team. One page replaces five tabs.
Where the numbers come from
- U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2019–2023 (tables B01003, B01002, B19013, B25077, B11001, B28002). Pulled 2026-10-06.
- U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns (CBP) 2023. Open data: census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp. Pulled 2026-10-06.
- Pennsylvania Department of Revenue, sales tax licenses and certificates (active records), data.pa.gov dataset ugeq-ckxd, refreshed 2026-10-06 per the dataset metadata. Pulled 2026-10-06.
- USAspending.gov, spending by geography, prime contracts (award types A–D), place of performance, federal fiscal year 2025 (Oct 2024 to Sep 2025). Pulled 2026-10-06.
Medians are from a survey and have margins of error that this file does not carry. Ignore small gaps.
FAQ
Which counties are included?
Carbon, Lackawanna, Lehigh, Luzerne, Monroe, Northampton, Schuylkill, Susquehanna, Wayne and Wyoming.
Can I add my own county?
Not here. We build this from files for these ten. If you want another set, contact us.
Why are some cells empty?
The source either withheld the number or lists no row. We do not fill gaps with estimates.
How often is it updated?
When the Census, BLS or the state publishes a new release that we use. Check the date in the sources list.
