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Easton, PA

29,079 Population
4.3 square miles 6,820.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.5 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 41.4 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,495 ±$2,142 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: $43,319 ±$687
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$63,775 ±$6,570 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: $82,602 ±$1,256
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

17.9% ±4.3% (4,482  ±1,083) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 10.3% 86,504 (±0.5% / ±4,494)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

28.2 minutes ±2.9 (349,930  ±42,916) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 27.7 10,261,605 (±0.4 / ±172,349)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

10,510 ±504 Number of households
  • the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 336,977 ±1,474
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.4 ±0.1 (24,928  ±249) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 2.5 842,129 (±0 / ±458)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

5.4% ±2.8% (432  ±227) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 4.7% 9,105 (±0.4% / ±803)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

11,481 ±450 Number of housing units
  • the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 360,133 ±248
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$169,200 ±$12,801 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: $277,800 ±$2,079
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

16.2% ±2.3% (4,661  ±657.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 10.4% 89,129 (±0.5% / ±3,836.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

87.6% ±3.7% (15,789  ±946.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 91.6% 557,085 (±0.9% / ±5,465.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
27.6% ±3% (4,981  ±579.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 32.7% 198,970 (±0.6% / ±3,350.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

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

14.1% ±2.5% (4,101  ±737) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 10.4% 90,374
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

4.6% ±1% (1,073  ±240) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 6.2% 42,600 (±0.2% / ±1,513)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
1,073 Total veterans ±240 970 Male ±257 103 Female ±92

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