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1844
Delaware and Lehigh rivers at Easton Pa, 1844
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Jacob Nicholas House
Jacob Nicholas House, also known as the Little Stone House Museum, is a historic home located at Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1750, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, three bay stone building.
About Easton
City in Pennsylvania, United StatesEaston 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 …
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Housing in Easton
The typical Easton home is worth about $383,000, up 3.5% in a year, 32% above the Pennsylvania typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Easton
Safety Grade B
Easton reports less crime per resident than 57% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade. Pennsylvania has less reported crime than most states, so among its own towns Easton sits closer to the middle.
Work & commute in Easton
Full picture →Most working residents leave Easton for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Bethlehem (7%), Palmer (6%) and Allentown (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.
Health in Easton
Compared with Pennsylvania
of 5 measures CDC estimates. The other 4 are too close to call.
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Natural hazards in Easton
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 66% of U.S. communities.
Climate in Easton
Full climate →Easton has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 86°, a January night drops to 20°, and about 41 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Schools in Easton
All Easton schools →School Grade B-
The public schools Easton’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 53% of Pennsylvania’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within PA. Ratings are from neighbors.
Easton is a college town
Colleges →of Easton’s residents are enrolled in college. Lafayette College has about 2,764 students on campus.
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