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Allentown City School District, PA

122,871 Population
16.6 square miles 7,403.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.1 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Lehigh County: 39.8 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 41.1 ±0.1

Economics

$23,183 ±$2,060 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Lehigh County: $41,655 ±$1,661
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $42,605 ±$319
$46,301 ±$7,885 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Lehigh County: $76,508 ±$4,297
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $73,824 ±$511

25% ±4.3% (29,513  ±5,077) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in Lehigh County: 12.6% † 46,335 (±1.7% / ±6,168)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 12% 1,500,959 (±0.3% / ±35,821)

24.8 minutes ±1.1 (1,219,175  ±64,390) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in Lehigh County: 25.1 3,982,830 (±0.6 / ±116,295)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

45,064 ±2,337 Number of households
  • Lehigh County: 147,524 ±1,286
  • Pennsylvania: 5,324,209 ±13,443
2.6 ±0.1 (117,449  ±1,201) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Lehigh County: 2.5 368,512 (±0 / ±645)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,527,719

3.1% ±1.6% (1,041  ±519) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Lehigh County: 4.3% † 3,661 (±1.2% / ±1,033)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.2% 149,597 (±0.3% / ±7,546)

Housing

47,644 ±2,273 Number of housing units
  • Lehigh County: 152,143 ±266
  • Pennsylvania: 5,839,797 ±484

$210,500 ±$11,791 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Lehigh County: $318,700 ±$12,434
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $259,900 ±$1,736

16.2% ±3.8% (19,700  ±4,555.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lehigh County: 11% † 40,930 (±1.6% / ±5,785.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.6% 1,355,260 (±0.2% / ±31,094.2)

Social

77% ±5.6% (56,679  ±4,618.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lehigh County: 89.9% 234,298 (±3% / ±7,734.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.2% 8,455,035 (±0.5% / ±43,404.4)
19.4% ±3.4% (14,252  ±2,538.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lehigh County: 34.1% 88,871 (±1.7% / ±4,474.3)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.3% 3,241,343 (±0.3% / ±27,591.6)

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

24.1% ±3.4% (29,593  ±4,156) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lehigh County: 14.9% 56,175
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 8% 1,031,320

3.5% ±1.1% (3,143  ±987) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lehigh County: 5.1% † 15,100 (±0.6% / ±1,727)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.9% 614,022 (±0.1% / ±10,859)
3,143 Total veterans ±987 2,881 Male ±1,008 262 Female ±289

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