Lehigh Valley:
Come here. Start here. Grow here.
Lehigh Valley, 90 minutes west of New York City and 60 minutes north of Philadelphia, is the 69th largest metropolitan region in the United States, with a $41.2 billion GDP larger than that of 112 nations. We are a two-county region in eastern Pennsylvania consisting of 62 distinct municipalities and three cities: Allentown, Bethlehem, and Easton.
Site Selection magazine has recognized Lehigh Valley as the best performing region of its size for economic development in the Northeastern United States for the past three years. To learn more about the Lehigh Valley economy and the great strides it made in the past year, check out the 2019 LVEDC Annual Report.
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By the Numbers
$41.2 Billion
2018 Gross Domestic Product
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10.6% of Labor Force
Employed in Manufacturing
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$3.8 Billion
Exports in 2019
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$65,119
Median Household Income
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672,907
Population
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358,000
Labor Force
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26.1% of Labor Force
Employed in "Eds & Meds" sectors
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5,073
Technology Patents
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14% of the total community college degrees awarded in PA
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$7.3 Billion
Manufacturing Contribution to GDP
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69th largest metropolitan area in the U.S. by population
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10,754 degrees awarded by Lehigh Valley colleges (2017-18 academic year)
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85,000 employed in "Eds & Meds" sectors
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149,000
Population between ages 18 and 34
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Access to the lowest-cost loans available
The Lehigh Valley Lending Network (LVLN) is an award winning, nationally recognized unique partnership of local financial institutions with a goal to create efficiencies in accessing credit and other resources within the private commercial lending community. The LVLN also provides the client with resources to maximize the use of incentives available through the economic development community. Learn more.
Featured Events
- Sep24
New Executive Virtual Interview Series
The last year has been a period of tremendous change in executive leadership at the Lehigh Valley’s leading companies and largest employers. There hasn’t been a time during the last 30 years when there has been this much change in a short period of time in the executive leadership of the Lehigh Valley. A new generation of leaders is shaping [...]
- Oct08
2020 Congressional Forum
LVEDC presents the 2020 Congressional Forum which will be held virtually on Thursday, October 8th at 4PM. The event is not meant to be a debate as much as a sharing of thoughts and ideas in response to questions from the stakeholders in economic growth and job creation in the Lehigh Valley. Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Susan Wild and her Republic [...]
News & Blog
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Don Cunningham: The Puzzle of the Lehigh Valley Economy During the Pandemic
Columns, Economic Data - by Don Cunningham on September 22, 2020
Read MoreThis column, written by LVEDC President & CEO Don Cunningham, originally appeared in The Morning Call and on the newspape[…]
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Talent Supply Council Hears Updates on Pandemic’s Impacts on Employers, Educators
Success Stories, Talent Supply - by George Lewis on September 22, 2020
Read MoreWhen LVEDC’s Education and Talent Supply Council last met in the fall of 2019, the regional economy was humming, unemployment[…]
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Lehigh Valley Summit Shares Best Practices for Attracting Interns
Entrepreneurship, Success Stories, Talent Supply - by Colin McEvoy on September 18, 2020
Read MoreEven despite the coronavirus pandemic, young people have a lot of choices when it comes to selecting internship programs, so […]