Wind Gap, Pennsylvania

Wind Gap, Pennsylvania Gratdaal
EDT)
ZIP Code	18091
Area code(s)	610
FIPS code	42-85664
Primary airport	Lehigh Valley International Airport
Major hospital	Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest
School district	Pen Argyl Area
Website	windgap-pa.gov

Wind Gap (Pennsylvania Dutch: Gratdaal) is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population of Wind Gap was 2,820 at the 2020 census. Wind Gap 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.

Wind Gap is located at 40°50′47″N 75°17′30″W / 40.84639°N 75.29167°W / 40.84639; -75.29167 (40.846429, -75.291631).^[4] According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.4 square miles (3.6 km²), of which 0.73% is water.

Wind Gap is located 21 miles (34 km) north of

metropolitan area. Wind Gap's elevation is 755 feet (230 m) above sea level.

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	711		—
1910	832		17.0%
1920	1,133		36.2%
1930	1,388		22.5%
1940	1,377		−0.8%
1950	1,577		14.5%
1960	1,930		22.4%
1970	2,270		17.6%
1980	2,651		16.8%
1990	2,741		3.4%
2000	2,812		2.6%
2010	2,720		−3.3%
2020	2,820		3.7%
U.S. Decennial Census[5]

As of the

Latino

of any race were 1.60% of the population.

There were 1,221 households, out of which 26.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.4% were married couples living together, 10.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.3% were non-families. 30.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.84.

In the borough, the population was spread out, with 20.8% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 29.6% from 25 to 44, 22.8% from 45 to 64, and 19.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 88.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.6 males. The median income for a household in the borough was $35,030, and the median income for a family was $46,681. Males had a median income of $36,735 versus $22,700 for females. The

, including 20.3% of those under age 18 and 9.8% of those age 65 or over.

As of 2010, there were 13.45 miles (21.65 km) of public roads in Wind Gap, of which 3.67 miles (5.91 km) were maintained by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and 9.78 miles (15.74 km) were maintained by the borough.^[7]

Pennsylvania Route 33 and Pennsylvania Route 512 are the numbered highways passing through Wind Gap. PA 33 follows a north-south alignment across the southwestern corner of the borough. It has an interchange with PA 512 just southwest of the borough in Plainfield Township. PA 512 follows Broadway and Lehigh Avenue along a southwest-northeast alignment through the center of the borough.

The Appalachian Trail cuts across the extreme northern end of the borough.

The borough is served by the Pen Argyl Area School District. Students in grades nine through 12 attend Pen Argyl Area High School in Pen Argyl.