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Allentown, PA

127,225 Population
17.6 square miles 7,243.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.7 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 41.6 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 41.2 ±0.1

Economics

$23,570 ±$1,665 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: $43,116 ±$1,155
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,674 ±$329
$47,463 ±$5,846 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: $83,974 ±$2,520
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,545 ±$816

21% ±5% (25,265  ±6,084) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 10% † 85,423 (±1.1% / ±9,728)
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.6% 1,464,236 (±0.3% / ±33,897)

24.6 minutes ±1 (1,241,590  ±68,982) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 27.5 10,112,225 (±0.4 / ±167,821)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

43,767 ±1,986 Number of households
  • the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 341,143 ±2,920
  • Pennsylvania: 5,361,724 ±11,743
2.8 ±0.1 (122,394  ±209) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 2.5 861,562 (±0 / ±494)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,638,571

6.5% ±3.1% (2,194  ±1,036) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 5.3% † 10,523 (±0.9% / ±1,703)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.8% 139,720 (±0.2% / ±5,970)

Housing

47,980 ±2,152 Number of housing units
  • the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 365,281 ±310
  • Pennsylvania: 5,861,320 ±507

$242,400 ±$14,814 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: $332,700 ±$6,722
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $277,600 ±$1,517

11.9% ±3.4% (14,881  ±4,251.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 8.5% 74,505 (±0.8% / ±7,308.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.1% 1,304,951 (±0.3% / ±33,022.9)

Social

81.1% ±5.8% (63,484  ±4,943.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 92.4% 580,371 (±1.9% / ±11,930.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.4% 8,556,816 (±0.5% / ±44,451.6)
17.4% ±2.9% (13,645  ±2,276.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 33.8% 212,236 (±1.1% / ±6,719.1)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 36.4% 3,369,510 (±0.3% / ±28,358.2)

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

31.9% ±4.1% (40,559  ±5,201) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 11.9% 105,802
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 8.3% 1,090,675

2.2% ±0.9% (2,023  ±835) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 5.6% 39,787 (±0.5% / ±3,301)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.8% 601,407 (±0.1% / ±10,364)
2,023 Total veterans ±835 1,487 Male ±673 536 Female ±407

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