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About Palmer
Township in Pennsylvania, USPalmer Township is a township in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population of Palmer Township was 22,317 at the 2020 census. It is the eight-largest municipality in 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. Settled in 1740, Palmer Township is located along the Lehigh River, a 109-mile-long (175 km) tributary of the Delaware River. It is located 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Allentown, 51 miles (82 km) north of Philadelphia, and 66 miles (106 km) west of New York City. Palmer Township is a part of the Greater Easton area, which includes the city of Easton, th…
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Safety in Palmer
Safety Grade B+
Palmer reports less crime per resident than 65% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade. Pennsylvania has less reported crime than most states, so among its own towns Palmer sits closer to the middle.
Schools in Palmer
All Palmer schools →School Grade B-
The public schools Palmer’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.
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.
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