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Easton, PA

27,100 Population
4.3 square miles 6,356.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.2 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 41.3 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.7 ±0.1

Economics

$23,734 ±$1,799 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: $33,227 ±$319
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $32,889 ±$118
$50,143 ±$3,363 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: $64,877 ±$689
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $59,445 ±$234

16.7% ±3.3% (3,927  ±768) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 10.7% 86,652 (±0.4% / ±3,281)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.8% 1,578,949 (±0.1% / ±16,967)

25.7 minutes ±1.4 (294,790  ±21,182) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 27.9 10,710,680 (±0.3 / ±131,679)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.9 154,924,705 (±0.1 / ±589,412)

Families

9,261 ±392 Number of households
  • the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 319,220 ±1,358
  • Pennsylvania: 5,025,132 ±9,263
2.6 ±0.1 (23,604  ±438) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 2.5 811,371 (±0 / ±921)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.5 12,366,049

3% ±1.3% (208  ±89) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 4.7% 8,736 (±0.4% / ±668)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.2% 149,398 (±0.1% / ±2,703)

Housing

10,933 ±429 Number of housing units
  • the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 348,609 ±386
  • Pennsylvania: 5,673,599 ±714

$130,500 ±$5,860 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: $207,200 ±$1,733
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $174,100 ±$362

23.2% ±2.9% (6,239  ±790.7) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 12.4% 102,778 (±0.4% / ±3,384.2)
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.3% 1,559,617 (±0.1% / ±13,554.2)

Social

81.4% ±3.8% (13,712  ±748.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 89.7% 520,240 (±0.7% / ±4,077.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 90.2% 8,047,345 (±0.2% / ±17,588.5)
21.2% ±2.1% (3,568  ±364.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 28.6% 165,971 (±0.4% / ±2,312.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 30.8% 2,745,317 (±0.1% / ±10,281.8)

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

12.1% ±2% (3,289  ±539) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 9.2% 76,365 (±0.3% / ±2,381)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.8% 865,720 (±0.1% / ±8,132)

5.1% ±0.9% (1,096  ±193) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 7.4% 48,554 (±0.2% / ±1,058)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 782,682 (±0% / ±4,091)
1,096 Total veterans ±193 964 Male ±173 132 Female ±69

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