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Allentown, PA

124,871 Population
17.6 square miles 7,109.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.4 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 41.7 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 41.1 ±0.1

Economics

$23,729 ±$2,119 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: $42,881 ±$1,097
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $42,605 ±$319
$47,175 ±$7,881 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: $81,159 ±$1,947
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $73,824 ±$511

25% ±4.2% (29,974  ±5,090) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 11.1% 93,643 (±1% / ±8,738)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 12% 1,500,959 (±0.3% / ±35,821)

23.6 minutes ±0.9 (1,227,125  ±62,933) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 27.4 10,266,995 (±0.3 / ±133,920)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.7 146,141,410 (±0.1 / ±650,543)

Families

46,104 ±2,348 Number of households
  • the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 345,257 ±3,047
  • Pennsylvania: 5,324,209 ±13,443
2.6 ±0.1 (119,449  ±759) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 2.5 847,492 (±0 / ±2,057)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 † 12,527,719 (±,104.4 / ±-555,555,600)

3.1% ±1.6% (1,041  ±519) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 4.1% † 7,889 (±0.8% / ±1,575)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.2% 149,597 (±0.3% / ±7,546)

Housing

48,684 ±2,292 Number of housing units
  • the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 363,967 ±836
  • Pennsylvania: 5,839,797 ±484

$211,400 ±$11,547 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: $309,300 ±$7,255
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $259,900 ±$1,736

16.4% ±3.7% (20,206  ±4,545.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 9.2% 79,545 (±0.9% / ±7,647.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.6% 1,355,260 (±0.2% / ±31,094.2)

Social

77.5% ±5.5% (58,345  ±4,657.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 92.1% 567,326 (±1.9% / ±11,445.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.2% 8,455,035 (±0.5% / ±43,404.4)
20.5% ±3.4% (15,428  ±2,580) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 33.3% 205,085 (±1.1% / ±6,986.9)
  • about three-fifths of 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

24.3% ±3.4% (30,370  ±4,212) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 11.5% † 100,298 (±7,302% / ±7,679)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 8% † 1,031,320 (±,341% / ±23,270)

3.6% ±1.1% (3,321  ±1,010) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 5.7% 39,337 (±0.5% / ±3,195)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.9% 614,022 (±0.1% / ±10,859)
3,321 Total veterans ±1,010 3,059 Male ±1,036 262 Female ±289

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