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 65th largest metropolitan region in the United States, with a $40 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.
Learn why Site Selection magazine recognized Lehigh Valley as the best performing region of its size for economic development in the Northeastern United States for the past three years.
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By the Numbers
$40.1 Billion
Gross Domestic Product
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11% of Labor Force
Employed in Manufacturing
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$3.65 Billion
Exports
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$62,489
Median Household Income
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26,000
New Jobs Created Over Past 5 Years
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669,899
Population
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345,260
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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$7.4 Billion
Manufacturing Contribution to GDP
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69th largest metropolitan area in the U.S. by population
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10,328 degrees awarded by colleges and universities
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81,000 employed in "Eds & Meds" sectors
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26.97%
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
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Delta SKY Magazine Launch Party
Lehigh Valley is taking flight across the U.S. this December! Lehigh Valley has earned a featured profile in a special 26-page section in SKY, the official in-flight magazine on Delta flights during the month of December – one of the busiest travel months of the year. SKY is available cabin-wide to more than 6 million readers on Delta Air Line [...]
News & Blog
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November Business Real Estate Loan Rates Announced
News Releases - by Colin McEvoy on November 12, 2019
Read MoreNovember loan rates for the Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority (PIDA) program and U.S. Small Business Administrati[…]
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LVEDC Issues RFP for Alumni Survey
Uncategorized - by Colin McEvoy on November 11, 2019
Read MoreThe Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation (LVEDC) has issued a formal request for proposals (RFP). It can be found b[…]
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Lehigh Valley Business Names LVEDC Nonprofit Organization of the Year
News Releases - by Colin McEvoy on November 8, 2019
Read MoreThe Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation (LVEDC) has been recognized as a 2019 Nonprofit Organization of the Year b[…]