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Allentown--Bethlehem, PA--NJ Urban Area

632,175 Population
261.6 square miles 2,417 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.9 ±0.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$40,588 ±$1,213 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$79,025 ±$3,581 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

12.1% ±1.2% (73,441  ±7,465) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

26.1 minutes ±0.8 (7,059,805  ±305,356) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

244,677 ±3,905 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.5 ±0.1 (608,844  ±7,916) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.1% ±1% (6,062  ±1,427) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

255,455 ±2,981 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$301,800 ±$9,016 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

10.2% ±1.1% (64,083  ±7,182.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

91.4% ±2.1% (397,354  ±10,240.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
34.3% ±1.4% (149,266  ±6,346.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

13.3% ±1% (83,820  ±6,681) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

5.4% ±0.5% (26,865  ±2,593) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
26,865 Total veterans ±2,593 24,917 Male ±2,457 1,948 Female ±667

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