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Easton, PA

27,122 Population
4.3 square miles 6,361.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.8 ±2 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: 40.8 ±0.1

Economics

$25,551 ±$2,537 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: $34,637 ±$394
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $34,352 ±$135
$51,698 ±$3,722 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: $67,652 ±$765
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $61,744 ±$189

15.9% ±2.8% (3,746  ±667) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 10.4% 84,600 (±0.5% / ±3,741)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.4% 1,539,183 (±0.2% / ±18,184)

25.5 minutes ±1.5 (292,845  ±22,106) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 28 10,870,895 (±0.3 / ±125,817)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 27.2 157,372,970 (±0.1 / ±580,939)

Families

9,245 ±359 Number of households
  • the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 320,529 ±1,395
  • Pennsylvania: 5,053,106 ±9,552
2.6 ±0.1 (23,594  ±359) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 2.5 813,971 (±0 / ±1,304)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.5 12,367,989

4.1% ±1.3% (285  ±89) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 4.6% 8,518 (±0.3% / ±593)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.2% 149,468 (±0.1% / ±2,513)

Housing

10,826 ±369 Number of housing units
  • the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 349,572 ±582
  • Pennsylvania: 5,693,314 ±749

$124,800 ±$6,339 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: $213,800 ±$1,744
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $180,200 ±$455

23.1% ±2.8% (6,208  ±760) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 12.4% 102,789 (±0.4% / ±3,642.2)
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.4% 1,564,247 (±0.1% / ±14,319.9)

Social

81.4% ±3.9% (13,813  ±756) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 90% 525,424 (±0.7% / ±4,340.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 90.5% 8,105,322 (±0.2% / ±19,506.5)
21.9% ±2.1% (3,707  ±370.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 29.5% 172,057 (±0.4% / ±2,488.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 31.4% 2,814,285 (±0.1% / ±11,668.7)

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

11.5% ±2% (3,106  ±535) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 9.3% 78,272 (±0.3% / ±2,392)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.9% 882,350 (±0.1% / ±8,058)

5.5% ±1% (1,183  ±212) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 7.1% 46,718 (±0.2% / ±1,125)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.5% 759,474 (±0.1% / ±5,125)
1,183 Total veterans ±212 1,053 Male ±215 130 Female ±60

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