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A township of 16,382 people in Northampton County, Pennsylvania
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Conserved land6.7%525 of 7,789 acres
Trails13 mi1.1 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves1132 conserved acres per 1,000 residents

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Township in Pennsylvania, US
16,074Population
12.2 sq miArea
377 ftElevation

Forks Township is a township in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population of Forks Township was 16,077 as of the 2020 census. It is part of the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area, 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 home to the global headquarters of Crayola, founded in 1885, a global arts supply company and the world's leading manufacturer of crayons. Forks Township is located 20.8 miles (33.5 km) northeast of Allentown, 80.5 miles (129.6 km) north of Philadelphia, and 74.6 miles (120.1 km) west of New York City.

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Safety Grade A

Forks reports less crime per resident than 87% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.

Violent crime per 1,000
Forks 0.2
Pennsylvania 2.3
U.S. 3.3
Property crime per 1,000
Forks 4.5
Pennsylvania 13.6
U.S. 15.5
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School Grade B-

The public schools Forks’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 53% of Pennsylvania’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

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