Web Design in Nazareth, Pennsylvania

Nazareth up close: notes for a small business website

Heating oil and kerosene still heat 30.3% of homes in Nazareth. Fuel delivery, furnace service and chimney work are year-round local trades here, and the first cold week sends everyone searching. If your service fits this housing, name it (the type of home, the fuel, the building): customers search for it in those words.

Seasons in Nazareth, and what they do to your website

By the 1991-2020 normals of the Allentown International Airport weather station (9.4 miles from Nazareth), July highs average 86°F and January lows average 22°F. About 47 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a normal year, most of it in July. Snowfall averages about 33 inches a year. Freezing nights (32°F or below) come about 118 times a year. Cold winters bring furnace repair, snow removal, roofing and auto service, all searched in a hurry when the first cold snap arrives. Give seasonal work its own page, so customers find them when they need them.

Nazareth on the map

Around Nazareth, the nearest cities and towns are Stockertown (2.8 miles east), Tatamy (3 miles east), Bath (4.1 miles west) and Chapman (4.8 miles west). The borough spreads over 1.6 square miles of land, with roughly 3,843 people per square mile. Lehigh Valley International Airport (ABE) is 8.8 miles southwest of Nazareth in a straight line. There are 53 incorporated cities and towns within 25 miles of Nazareth. Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area is a short trip away: within 35 miles. Northampton County’s county seat is Easton, 6.2 miles to the southeast. Naming Bath, Chapman and the other places you cover on a service area page tells customers outside Nazareth that you work there too.

Nazareth is one of 21 municipalities in Northampton County, a county of 324,411 people.

Who your website talks to in Nazareth

58.2% of households rent their home, compared with 30.7% statewide. A renter population turns over and keeps searching for new local businesses. Broadband reaches 80.6% of households in Nazareth (89.7% in Pennsylvania), and 12.7% get online only through a phone plan. A light website that loads quickly on a phone matters here.

25.7% of residents are 65 or older (19.5% statewide). For older customers in Nazareth, readable pages and a short contact form matter more than design effects.

Nazareth: the numbers behind the market

Of the 2,994 households in Nazareth, 41.8% are homeowners. Homes in Nazareth have a median value of $240,300, and renters pay a median of $1,168 a month, compared with $254,500 and $1,209 statewide.

The count is steady: 6,052 in 2020, 6,091 in 2025. Pennsylvania as a whole changed +0.4% in the same period. In a stable market, reputation matters, and a website lets customers check yours at any hour.

What kind of businesses Nazareth has

Nazareth shares ZIP code 18064 with the surrounding area, where 475 employer businesses were counted in 2023. Some of the local businesses in that count:

• Beauty salons: 13. Their website should show a page per service, your hours and location and a contact button for appointment requests.
• Child care centers: 11. Their website should show the program, licensing information, the staff and a contact form for parents.
• Remodeling contractors: 14. Their website should show before-and-after photos, the areas you serve and how estimates work.
• Auto repair shops: 10. Their website should show the services you do, the makes you work on, hours and a form to describe the problem.
• Full-service restaurants: 16. Their website should show the menu, the dining room, private-event information and the hours, kept current by email.

In Northampton County, the Census counted 6,529 businesses with employees and 21,753 without a payroll in 2023; the second group is where a simple, affordable website changes the most. Northampton County has 2.5 times the national share of warehousing and storage operators: 40 of them in the 2023 count. In that line of work, businesses compare space, location and services, so the website should show square footage, services, location and a quote request. Next on the list: trucking companies, 190 of them, at 1.4 times the national share. 35.4% of employed residents work in education, health care and social assistance, and 15.4% in retail trade.

What Pennsylvania asks of a business with a website

A few rules apply to any Nazareth business that sells or advertises online:

• The Pennsylvania sales tax rate is 6 percent. Only two local add-ons exist: 1 percent in Allegheny County and 2 percent in Philadelphia. Pennsylvania Department of Revenue
• Municipal requirements are separate: check with the local municipality about taxes, zoning requirements, local licenses and permits. In Nazareth, that means asking Northampton County and the Borough of Nazareth. Official source
• A federal rule (16 CFR Part 465) makes it unlawful to write, buy or sell fake reviews and testimonials, so the reviews on a business website have to be real. 16 CFR Part 465
• Selling to customers in other states? Each state sets its own threshold for remote sellers; Pennsylvania’s is At least $100,000 in annual Pennsylvania gross sales, measured by calendar year; there is no transaction-count test. Sales and Use Tax Bulletin 2019-01; Act 13 of 2019
• A contact form collects personal information, and Pennsylvania has a data breach law with deadlines for notifying the people affected. Breach of Personal Information Notification Act, 73 P.S. §§ 2301 to 2329 (Act 94 of 2005, amended by Act 151 of 2022 and Act 33 of 2024)

This is general information, not legal advice; check with the Pennsylvania agencies, Northampton County, the borough of Nazareth or an attorney.

A web designer for Nazareth businesses, working online

Aria is a web design company from Curitiba, Brazil, working since 2008. We work with businesses remotely, so a company in Nazareth gets the same plan, at $89 a month, without meetings or visits.

1. You sign up in about 5 minutes and email us your logo, photos and anything you want on the site.
2. Within 5 business days the website is ready on a temporary link, and you review it and ask for changes.
3. Approve it, pay the first month, and the website goes live on your domain together with your business email.

Hosting, the SSL certificate, daily backups and security updates are on us, and content changes you send by email are included.