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Allentown, NJ

1,817 Population
0.6 square miles 3,047.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.5 ±2.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 40 ±0.2

Economics

$52,881 ±$6,271 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $52,011 ±$243
  • a little higher than the amount in New Jersey: $50,995 ±$277
$113,438 ±$18,100 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $93,610 ±$426
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $97,126 ±$605

3.5% ±2.3% (64  ±43) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 12.3% 2,415,989 (±0.1% / ±26,451)
  • about one-third of the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 879,179 (±0.2% / ±13,856)

31.4 minutes ±0.3 (26,505  ±3,811) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 36.4 302,192,860 (±0.1 / ±1,020,070)
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 31.1 122,290,480 (±0.1 / ±588,758)

Families

691 ±71 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 7,321,054 ±11,009
  • New Jersey: 3,438,162 ±6,410
2.6 ±0.1 (1,817  ±208) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.7 19,503,216
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,072,482

7.3% ±4.1% (32  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 4.9% 231,493 (±0.1% / ±4,596)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 5.1% 107,762 (±0.2% / ±3,088)

Housing

728 ±74 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 7,981,356 ±1,276
  • New Jersey: 3,756,340 ±1,125

$367,900 ±$11,448 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $553,500 ±$1,374
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $401,400 ±$1,358

7.1% ±3.5% (126  ±64.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 9.5% 1,876,448 (±0.1% / ±18,290.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 10.2% 930,913 (±0.1% / ±12,440.1)

Social

93.2% ±14.4% (1,146  ±,115.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 87.4% 12,202,377 (±0.2% / ±31,916.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in New Jersey: 90.6% 5,825,262 (±0.3% / ±20,103.2)
54.2% ±2% (666  ±81.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 42.8% 5,967,580 (±0.2% / ±20,727.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Jersey: 42.3% 2,715,568 (±0.2% / ±13,324.4)

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

7% ±3.3% (128  ±62) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 29.5% 5,881,234
  • about one-third of the rate in New Jersey: 23.2% 2,145,255

6.3% ±3% (88  ±43) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.9% 457,983 (±0% / ±5,489)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Jersey: 4.1% 299,078 (±0.1% / ±4,067)
88 Total veterans ±43 84 Male ±43 4 Female ±6

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