Dorneyville is a census-designated place in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census the population was 4,850. Dorneyville is located just west of Allentown in South Whitehall Township and Salisbury Township.
It is located off Interstate 78 and is home to the northern terminus of U.S. Route 222. It is split between the Allentown ZIP Codes of 18103 and 18104. It 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.
Dorneyville is home to the Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom amusement park. The historic King George Inn, founded in 1756, also is located in Dorneyville.
Geography
Dorneyville is located in south-central Lehigh County in the southern corner of South Whitehall Township and the west end of Salisbury Township. It is bordered to the northeast and east by the Allentown city limits, and to the northwest by the unincorporated community of Cetronia.
I-78 forms the southern boundary of Dorneyville, with access from Exit 54 (U.S. 222/Hamilton Boulevard) and Exit 55 (South Cedar Crest Boulevard). I-78 leads west to Harrisburg, the state capital, and east to the Holland Tunnel and Lower Manhattan. US 222 leads southwest to Reading. South Cedar Crest Boulevard leads south as Pennsylvania Route 29, to Emmaus.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Dorneyville has a total area of , of which , or 0.46%, are water. Cedar Creek, a northeast-flowing tributary of Little Lehigh Creek, runs through the northwest side of the Dorneyville, where Dorney Park is located. Dorneyville, through the Little Lehigh River, is part of the Lehigh River and Delaware River watersheds.
Demographics
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Dorneyville had a population of 4,850. The median age was 47.3 years. 20.6% of residents were under the age of 18 and 26.0% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 100.0 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 97.1 males age 18 and over.
100.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 1,855 households in Dorneyville, of which 26.7% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 65.6% were married-couple households, 11.3% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 18.2% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 18.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. there were 4,406 people and 1,705 total housing units.
Demographic estimates
The 2013-2017 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates reported that 96.2% of residents had graduated high school. The median household income was $88,968, and 2.2% of civilians were below the poverty line.