Easton

About Easton

Easton is a city in and the county seat of Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. The city's population was 28,127 as of the 2020 census. Easton straddles the Lehigh River as it flows into the Delaware River, which serves as the city's eastern geographic boundary with Phillipsburg, New Jersey.

Easton is the easternmost city in the Lehigh Valley, a region of 731 square miles (1,890 km2) that is Pennsylvania's third-largest and the nation's 68th-largest metropolitan region with 861,889 residents as of the U.S. 2020 census. The smallest of the Valley's three major cities, Easton has less than half the population of Bethlehem and about one-fourth that of Allentown.

The greater Easton area includes the city of Easton, three townships (Forks, Palmer, and Williams), and three boroughs (Glendon, West Easton, and Wilson). Centre Square, the city's town square in its downtown neighborhood, is home to the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, a memorial for Easton-area veterans killed during the American Civil War. In the first half of the 20th century, Centre Square was referred to locally as the Circle. The Peace Candle, a candle-like structure, is assembled and disassembled every year atop the Civil War monument for the Christmas season.

Norfolk Southern Railway's Lehigh Line, formerly the main line of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, runs through Easton on its way from Phillipsburg to Bethlehem and Allentown. Easton sits 14 miles (23 km) northeast of Allentown, 51 miles (82 km) north of Philadelphia, and 64 miles (103 km) west of New York City.

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Living in Easton

Median household income

$69,348

Median home value

$196,300

Median rent

$1,325/mo

Median age

31.6

Map of Easton

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Easton, PA population

Easton had 28,127 residents in the 2020 Census.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Decennial Census.

Easton at a glance

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (Gazetteer, ZCTA), USGS GNIS, Wikidata.

Towns near Easton

• West Easton1.1 mi SW
• Wilson1.2 mi W
• Morgan Hill1.5 mi SE
• Delaware Park, NJ2.0 mi NE
• Phillipsburg, NJ2.1 mi E
• Glendon2.3 mi SW
• Palmer2.5 mi NW
• Chestnut Hill2.6 mi N
• Palmer Heights2.6 mi W
• Old Orchard3.0 mi SW
• Upper Pohatcong, NJ3.3 mi E
• Forks3.4 mi N

Straight-line distance between town centers.

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