Geography
Dorneyville is located in south-central Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Lehigh County in the southern corner of South Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, South Whitehall Township and the west end of Salisbury Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Salisbury Township. It is bordered to the northeast and east by the Allentown, Pennsylvania, Allentown city limits, and to the northwest by the unincorporated community of Cetronia, Pennsylvania, Cetronia. Interstate 78 forms the southern boundary of Dorneyville, with access from Exit 54 (US-222/Hamilton Boulevard) and Exit 55 (South Cedar Crest Boulevard). Interstate 78, I-78 leads west to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, the state capital, and east to the Holland Tunnel and Lower Manhattan. US-222 leads southwest to Reading, Pennsylvania, Reading. South Cedar Crest Boulevard leads south as Pennsylvania Route 29, to Emmaus, Pennsylvania, Emmaus. According to the United States Census Bureau, 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 CDP, where Dorney Park is located. Via the Little Lehigh, Dorneyville is part of the Lehigh River and consequently the Delaware River watersheds.Demographics
As of the census of 2010, there were 4,406 people and 1,705 total housing units. The 2013-2017 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates determined that the current population of Dorneyville is somewhere around 4,262. About 46.9% is male and 53.1% is female. The median age is 48.2. The racial makeup is about 85.6% White, 9.5% African American, 3.0% Asian, 0.6% Hispanic or Latino 0.5% of some other race, and 1.3% of two or more races. 96.2% of people have graduated high school. The median household income is $88,968. Only 2.2% of civilians lie below the Poverty threshold, poverty line.References
{{authority control Census-designated places in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania Census-designated places in Pennsylvania