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Allentown City School District, PA

123,445 Population
16.6 square miles 7,438.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.4 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Lehigh County: 40.1 ±0.6
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 41.2 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$23,099 ±$1,622 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Lehigh County: $41,961 ±$1,836
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,674 ±$329
  • about half the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$47,212 ±$4,883 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Lehigh County: $81,270 ±$4,346
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,545 ±$816
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

21.6% ±5.2% (25,170  ±6,094) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Lehigh County: 11.3% † 42,496 (±1.9% / ±7,173)
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.6% 1,464,236 (±0.3% / ±33,897)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

24.4 minutes ±1 (1,211,055  ±66,092) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in Lehigh County: 24.9 3,895,230 (±0.5 / ±103,740)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

42,284 ±2,009 Number of households
  • Lehigh County: 145,402 ±1,716
  • Pennsylvania: 5,361,724 ±11,743
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.8 ±0.1 (118,614  ±2,042) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lehigh County: 2.6 376,981 (±0 / ±177)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,638,571
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.7% ±3.1% (2,194  ±1,036) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lehigh County: 6.2% † 5,581 (±1.4% / ±1,219)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.8% 139,720 (±0.2% / ±5,970)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

46,291 ±2,194 Number of housing units
  • Lehigh County: 152,577 ±293
  • Pennsylvania: 5,861,320 ±507
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$240,900 ±$14,403 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Lehigh County: $331,200 ±$11,520
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $277,600 ±$1,517
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11% ±3.3% (13,350  ±3,969) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Lehigh County: 8.2% † 31,373 (±1.5% / ±5,515.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.1% 1,304,951 (±0.3% / ±33,022.9)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

80.7% ±5.8% (61,060  ±4,817.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lehigh County: 91.4% 244,132 (±3.1% / ±8,471)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.4% 8,556,816 (±0.5% / ±44,451.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
16.8% ±2.9% (12,701  ±2,246.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Lehigh County: 34.4% 91,973 (±1.9% / ±4,990.1)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 36.4% 3,369,510 (±0.3% / ±28,358.2)
  • about half the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

31.2% ±4.2% (38,478  ±5,189) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Lehigh County: 16.3% 62,942
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 8.3% 1,090,675
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

2.2% ±0.9% (2,023  ±835) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Lehigh County: 5.2% † 15,563 (±0.7% / ±2,028)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.8% 601,407 (±0.1% / ±10,364)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
2,023 Total veterans ±835 1,487 Male ±673 536 Female ±407

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