Macungie’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
Being a small borough, Macungie does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The overall education level of Macungie citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 32.09% of adults in Macungie have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.
The per capita income in Macungie in 2022 was $35,905, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $143,620 for a family of four. However, Macungie contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Macungie is an extremely ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Macungie home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Macungie residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Macungie also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 23.42% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Macungie include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Macungie is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
