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Easton, PA

27,860 Population
4.3 square miles 6,534.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.6 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 41.2 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.8 ±0.1

Economics

$27,536 ±$3,128 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: $37,945 ±$581
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $37,725 ±$165
$58,243 ±$5,103 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: $73,091 ±$1,115
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $67,587 ±$271

17.6% ±3.5% (4,285  ±844) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 10.4% 87,166 (±0.5% / ±4,235)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,482,811 (±0.1% / ±18,030)

27.7 minutes ±2.9 (330,365  ±39,380) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 27.5 10,420,060 (±0.3 / ±156,035)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.9 149,931,280 (±0.1 / ±616,528)

Families

10,049 ±438 Number of households
  • the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 331,084 ±1,309
  • Pennsylvania: 5,147,783 ±8,001
2.4 ±0.1 (24,309  ±356) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 2.5 834,945 (±0 / ±1,349)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,556,941

5.1% ±3.3% (355  ±230) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 4.4% 8,422 (±0.4% / ±830)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 5% 145,623 (±0.1% / ±3,238)

Housing

11,235 ±403 Number of housing units
  • the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 356,639 ±533
  • Pennsylvania: 5,728,788 ±563

$132,300 ±$9,375 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: $227,900 ±$1,897
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $197,300 ±$613

20.2% ±2.7% (5,611  ±740.9) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 11.6% 98,356 (±0.4% / ±3,737.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,511,621 (±0.1% / ±15,073.9)

Social

83.6% ±4.3% (14,869  ±950.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 90.9% 544,355 (±0.9% / ±5,277.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.4% 8,324,121 (±0.2% / ±20,896.7)
25.6% ±2.9% (4,544  ±541.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 31.2% 187,057 (±0.6% / ±3,321.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 33.1% 3,017,250 (±0.1% / ±12,338.7)

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

11.9% ±2.4% (3,318  ±660) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 9.7% 83,279 (±0.3% / ±2,797)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.1% 924,624 (±0.1% / ±8,550)

5% ±1.3% (1,116  ±288) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 6.6% 44,359 (±0.2% / ±1,463)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.9% 703,580 (±0.1% / ±4,808)
1,116 Total veterans ±288 1,049 Male ±287 67 Female ±44

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