Summary: New data from United Way of Pennsylvania shows that 41% of Greater Lehigh Valley households struggle to afford basic needs like housing, childcare and food, despite working hard.
In Lehigh, Northampton and Carbon counties, approximately 136,500 households cannot afford basic essentials according to new report.
United Way of Pennsylvania unveils a new report showing that 42% of area households are living in poverty or struggling to afford the barebones essentials.
UWGLV serves a tri-county area about 60 miles north of Philadelphia that includes Allentown – Pennsylvania’s third-largest city – and Lehigh County, one of the fastest growing counties in the state.