Living in Lehigh Valley

The Lehigh Valley -- Allentown, Bethlehem, and Easton, the region's 'ABE' anchor cities -- sits about an hour north of Philadelphia and carries a genuine, honestly-told post-industrial comeback story told three distinct ways: Allentown through corporate relocation and a substantial logistics/warehouse boom along the I-78/I-81 corridor (Air Products, PPL Corporation, and Lehigh Valley warehouse space that's grown tenfold since 2000), Bethlehem through arts-and-culture brownfield redevelopment on the former Bethlehem Steel site (SteelStacks, the Musikfest festival), and Easton through a single-brand family-tourism draw (the Crayola Experience) layered on Lafayette College at the city's real, defining Lehigh-Delaware River confluence. All three cities run a genuinely tight, comparatively affordable housing price band, and all three fall under Pennsylvania's fragmented Act 32 local-tax system, uniformly collected across the region by Berkheimer Tax Administrator. Lehigh Valley International Airport (ABE) serves the region directly, with Philadelphia International about 90 minutes south for fuller route options.

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Last reviewed: 2026-09-05. Independent research; see individual place pages for metric-level source attribution. This is not financial, tax, or legal advice -- confirm current figures with a local professional before making a decision.