ZIP Code 31003

ZIP code 31003, near Allentown, sits in middle-income territory, with per-capita income of $37,866 and a median home value of $181,500. Property taxes run at a county-level effective rate of 0.90%, so an owner of a home at that median value would owe roughly $1,634 annually. Sales tax is 7.00% on purchases. Together these figures describe a working- to middle-income area where housing costs stay within reach of earners near the income average, and the tax load, while not trivial, tracks what surrounding communities generally charge.