Ancient Oaks is a
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the count ...
(CDP) in
Lower Macungie Township in
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Lehigh County (Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Lechaa Kaundi'') is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 374,557. , United States. It is named after the housing
subdivision named Ancient Oaks, located off
PA Route 100 just north of
Macungie. The population of Ancient Oaks was 6,995 at the 2020 census.
Ancient Oaks is a suburb of
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, the third-largest city in Pennsylvania. It is part of the
Lehigh Valley
The Lehigh Valley (), known colloquially as The Valley, is a geographic region formed by the Lehigh River in Lehigh County and Northampton County in eastern Pennsylvania. It is a component valley of the Great Appalachian Valley bound to the no ...
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.
Geography
Ancient Oaks is located in southern
Lehigh County at (40.535715, -75.590045),
northwest of the center of Lower Macungie Township.
Pennsylvania Route 100
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forms the southwestern edge of the community; the highway leads southeast to
Macungie and northwest the same distance to
U.S. Route 222
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between
Breinigsville and
Trexlertown.
According to the
U.S. Census Bureau
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, Ancient Oaks has a total area of , of which , or 0.03%, are water.
Little Lehigh Creek
Little Lehigh Creek is approximately long and is located in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. It is sometimes referred to as the Little Lehigh River. It is the largest tributary of the Lehigh River.
The creek flows in a windin ...
, a tributary of the
Lehigh River and part of the
Delaware River watershed, flows eastward through the village. Ancient Oaks uses the Macungie
ZIP Code of 18062. The original subdivision was started in 1961 and completed in 1971. It was the first development of dense middle class housing in the
Lehigh Valley
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. In 1972, Ancient Oaks West was started, made of single-family houses and townhomes. In 1985, Ancient Oaks South started, and construction lasted through 1989.
Demographics
As of the 2000 census,
there were 3,161 people, 1,097 households, and 944 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 1,125 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 95.95%
White
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, 0.70%
African American
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, 0.03%
Native American, 2.66%
Asian
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, 0.35% from
other races
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, and 0.32% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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or
Latino
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of any race were 1.65% of the population.
There were 1,097 households, out of which 38.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 76.8% were
married couples living together, 6.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 13.9% were non-families. 11.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.88 and the average family size was 3.10.
The population of Ancient Oaks was spread out, with 27.2% under the age of 18, 4.9% from 18 to 24, 28.9% from 25 to 44, 28.1% from 45 to 64, and 10.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 103.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.9 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $72,750, and the median income for a family was $76,376. Males had a median income of $51,824 versus $31,058 for females. The
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the CDP was $26,360. About 0.7% of families and 1.1% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 1.7% of those under age 18 and 1.3% of those aged 65 or over.
Education
Ancient Oaks is served by the
East Penn School District.
Emmaus High School
Emmaus High School is a large public high school located in Emmaus, Pennsylvania. The school serves grades nine through 12 in Pennsylvania's East Penn School District in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania.
Emmaus High School is loca ...
in
Emmaus
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serves grades nine through 12. Eyer Middle School and Lower Macungie Middle School, both in
Macungie, serve grades six through eight.
References
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Census-designated places in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Census-designated places in Pennsylvania