| Heidelberg Township | |
| Settlement Type: | Township |
| Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Heidelberg Township |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Pennsylvania##Location in the United States |
| Coordinates: | 40.725°N -75.7514°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Lehigh |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 64.05 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 24.73 |
| Area Land Km2: | 63.83 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 24.64 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.22 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.09 |
| Elevation Ft: | 797 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 3416 |
| Pop Est As Of: | 2016 |
| Pop Est Footnotes: | [3] |
| Population Est: | 3498 |
| Population Density Km2: | 54.80 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 141.94 |
| Population Metro: | 865,310 (US: 68th) |
| Timezone1: | EST |
| Utc Offset1: | -5 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -4 |
| Area Code: | 610 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 42-077-33616 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1216688 |
| Blank2 Name: | Primary airport |
| Blank2 Info: | Lehigh Valley International Airport |
| Blank3 Name: | Major hospital |
| Blank3 Info: | Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest |
| Blank4 Name: | School district |
| Blank4 Info: | Northwestern Lehigh |
| Blank2 Name Sec2: | Wikimedia Commons |
Heidelberg Township is a township in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population of Heidelberg Township was 3,416 at the 2010 census.[2] It is a suburb of Allentown in the Lehigh Valley, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.
The township is located in northern Lehigh County, and Blue Mountain separates it from Carbon County to its north. The township's portion includes Bake Oven Knob, the highest elevated location in Lehigh County at . Its villages include Diebertsville, Germans Corners, Germansville (both pronounced with a hard "g",) Jordan Valley, Lochland (also in Lynn Township), Pleasant Corners, and Saegersville.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Heidelberg Township has a total area of 64.1km2, of which 63.8sqkm are land and 0.2sqkm, or 0.33%, are water.[1] The township is located in the Delaware River watershed. Almost all of it drains into the Lehigh River (mainly by Jordan Creek which starts in Heidelberg), except for a very small area in the southwest portion that is drained by tributaries of Ontelaunee Creek leading to the Schuylkill River.
The township has a humid continental climate (Dfa/Dfb) and the hardiness zones are 6a and 6b. Average monthly temperatures in Germansville range from in January to in July.
As of 2015, there were of public roads in Heidelberg Township, of which were maintained by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and were maintained by the township.[4]
Numbered routes in Heidelberg Township are Pennsylvania Route 100 and Pennsylvania Route 309. PA 100's northern terminus is on PA 309 at Pleasant Corners.
As of the 2000 census,[5] there were 3,279 people, 1,187 households, and 943 families residing in the township. The population density was 132.7sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 1,234 housing units at an average density of 50sp=usNaNsp=us. The racial makeup of the township was 98.69% White, 0.27% African American, 0.06% Native American, 0.30% Asian, 0.21% from other races, and 0.46% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.88% of the population.
There were 1,187 households, out of which 38.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 67.9% were married couples living together, 7.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 20.5% were non-families. 15.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.76 and the average family size was 3.08.
In the township, the population was spread out, with 26.5% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 32.0% from 25 to 44, 26.4% from 45 to 64, and 8.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.9 males. The median income for a household in the township was $55,030, and the median income for a family was $57,019. Males had a median income of $40,062 versus $29,205 for females. The per capita income for the township was $23,521. About 7.0% of families and 6.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.2% of those under age 18 and 6.9% of those age 65 or over.
The township is served by the Northwestern Lehigh School District.