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Northampton County, PA

Banking market profile · FDIC Summary of Deposits, June 30, 2025

Northampton County, Pennsylvania, a core county of the Allentown-Bethlehem-East Stroudsburg, PA-NJ market, holds $7.5B in deposits across 21 insured institutions and 67 branches. Wells Fargo Bank, National Association is the largest deposit holder at 15.9% share. The top three institutions hold 43.5% of deposits, which places the county in the fragmented band. Deposits have grown 11.5% since 2020 while the branch count fell by 23.0%. It produces $16.4B of output, ranking #250 of the 1,523 ranked counties by economic output.

Economic scale
2024 Real GDP
$16.4B
#250 of 1,523
Population
324,411
#230 of 1,523
GDP per Capita
$50,608
#571 of 1,523
Deposit market
Total Deposits
$7.5B
#249 of 1,523
Deposits per Capita
$23,209
#705 of 1,523
Deposits per Branch
$112M
#441 of 1,523
Competitive structure
Insured Institutions
21
#199 of 1,523
Branches per 100k Pop.
20.7
#962 of 1,523
Median Deposits per Institution
$175M
The median deposits booked by a single institution in the county. #416 of 1,523. A lower figure means institutions typically hold smaller deposit positions here; it reflects local deposit presence, not an institution’s overall size. See Community & Regional Bank Share for institution scale.
Community & Regional Bank Share
42.8%
of county deposits held by banks with $100M to $50B in assets. #1,076 of 1,523. A higher share points to a market where small to mid-size institutions, the kind that compete on relationships and local decision-making, hold more ground.
Top-3 Deposit Share: fragmented
43.5%
The combined deposit share of the three largest institutions in the county. A lower share means deposits are spread across more institutions.

Ranks show where the county stands among the 1,523 ranked counties (those within a Combined or Metropolitan Statistical Area that have a branch). They describe relative position, not a rating of market quality or suitability.

Deposit trend

Total county deposits (nominal), 2020 to 2025+11.5% over 5 years
$6.8B
2020
$7.5B
2021
$7.9B
2022
$7.4B
2023
$7.4B
2024
$7.5B
2025

Branches: 87 in 2020 to 67 in 2025. Institutions: 19 to 21. Top-three share: 49.8% to 43.5%.

Institutions by deposits

InstitutionDepositsShareBranches5‑yr
Wells Fargo Bank$1.2B15.9%8-2%
Truist Bank$1.1B15.2%7-1%
Fulton Bank$933M12.4%7-5%
Embassy Bank for the Lehigh Valley$918M12.2%4+44%
PNC Bank$704M9.3%6-5%
The Fidelity Deposit and Discount Bank$545M7.2%7+35%
Bank of America$468M6.2%3+13%
TD Bank$455M6.0%3+43%
Santander Bank$242M3.2%2-4%
First Northern Bank and Trust Company$193M2.6%4+17%
ESSA Bank & Trust$175M2.3%4-4%
Peoples Security Bank and Trust Company$165M2.2%1+116%
Unity Bank$111M1.5%2+82%
Provident Bank$93M1.2%1+8%
KeyBank$69M0.9%1+92%
The Neffs National Bank$64M0.9%1+3,754%
JPMorgan Chase Bank$24M0.3%1no 2020 presence
Univest Bank and Trust Co.$15M0.2%1+1%
First Keystone Community Bank$13M0.2%1no 2020 presence
Wilmington Trust$0M0.0%1no 2020 presence
Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company$0M0.0%2no 2020 presence

The 21 insured institutions with a branch presence in this county, as of June 30, 2025. Five-year change compares the same institution’s county deposits in 2020 and 2025. Institutions are tracked by FDIC certificate number, and where an institution acquired another bank, the acquired bank’s prior deposits are folded into the baseline so the change reflects the combined, continuing franchise rather than reading as new. “No 2020 presence” means neither the institution nor a bank it later absorbed reported deposits in this county that year. Deposit figures are nominal and are not adjusted for inflation.

Part of the Allentown-Bethlehem-East Stroudsburg market

Northampton County is one of 5 counties that make up the Allentown-Bethlehem-East Stroudsburg, PA-NJ market, a Combined Statistical Area (ranked #67 of 293 U.S. markets by economic output). It produces 29.0% of the market’s output and holds 29.1% of its deposits.

MeasureNorthampton CountyShare of parent market
2024 GDP$16.4B29.0%
Deposits$7.5B29.1%
Population324,41130.8%

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