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Allentown, NJ

1,702 Population
0.6 square miles 2,854.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.8 ±4.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 39.5 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 40.1 ±0.1

Economics

$58,489 ±$6,839 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $55,691 ±$257
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $54,253 ±$256
$120,714 ±$17,430 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $99,155 ±$487
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New Jersey: $103,556 ±$513

4.4% ±2.8% (75  ±48) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 12.7% 2,467,089 (±0.1% / ±26,454)
  • about half the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 891,891 (±0.2% / ±14,073)

30 minutes ±6.4 (22,315  ±3,232) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 35.6 281,580,540 (±0.1 / ±916,581)
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 30.5 116,289,230 (±0.1 / ±571,910)

Families

676 ±76 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 7,409,947 ±10,406
  • New Jersey: 3,507,701 ±5,116
2.5 ±0.1 (1,702  ±199) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.6 19,385,342
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,173,351

7.2% ±4.5% (28  ±18) 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% 231,244 (±0.1% / ±4,356)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 5.2% 110,552 (±0.1% / ±2,477)

Housing

731 ±76 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 8,038,666 ±1,324
  • New Jersey: 3,791,354 ±469

$415,600 ±$25,682 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $614,200 ±$1,348
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New Jersey: $454,400 ±$1,150

7.5% ±3.7% (125  ±62.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 9.2% 1,801,060 (±0.1% / ±19,484.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 9.6% 889,792 (±0.1% / ±13,145.6)

Social

92% ±15% (1,098  ±114.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 87.6% 12,241,344 (±0.2% / ±31,374.8)
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 90.7% 5,915,947 (±0.3% / ±19,889.6)
53.2% ±2.8% (635  ±86.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 44.2% 6,168,034 (±0.2% / ±20,817.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 43.6% 2,845,933 (±0.2% / ±12,951.6)

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

8.4% ±3.8% (143  ±66) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 30.1% 5,952,555
  • about one-third of the rate in New Jersey: 23.9% 2,236,554

5.4% ±3.1% (73  ±43) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.6% 411,464 (±0% / ±5,611)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New Jersey: 3.7% 273,031 (±0.1% / ±4,211)
73 Total veterans ±43 63 Male ±41 10 Female ±9

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