The borough contains large industries such as Hercules Cement, Polymer Products, and Praxair.

The borough spans a 21⁄2-mile radius and provides services for a population of 927 residents.

Stockertown is at the hub of five surrounding second-class townships, and until the Charles Chrin Interchange was built near Tatamy in 2015, provided the closest access to Pennsylvania Route 33 for many industrial parks in these townships.

[5] Stockertown was named for the Stockers, a Swiss family who settled on the land in the late 18th century.

It has changed owners many times through mergers, and as of 2008 is owned by Buzzi Unicem.

Liberty Hose Fire Company #1 formed in 1922, and the borough bought their first firetruck in 1925.

This building is now the home to Stockertown's police offices and other emergency vehicles.

The freeway now known as Route 33, which runs through Stockertown, began construction in 1959 from Wind Gap to Saylorsburg.

The racial makeup of the borough was 99.56% White, 0.15% African American, 0.15% Asian, 0.15% from other races.

This along with Hercules Cement's nearby quarrying makes these areas prone to sinkholes,[16] (see Karst Topography) and led to the closure of a bridge that carried Bushkill Street, a state road, over the Bushkill Creek.

The existing trail is about a mile long, starting at Sherman Metzgar Park, and extending to a parking area along Main Street at the North edge of the borough (Belfast Junction).