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Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area

871,229 Population
1,453 square miles 599.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.4 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$41,120 ±$1,272 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $41,489 ±$312
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$76,041 ±$2,823 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $71,798 ±$557
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

10.4% ±1.2% (88,236  ±9,826) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,483,365 (±0.3% / ±39,129)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

27.6 minutes ±0.7 (10,458,770  ±356,519) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.4 140,389,840 (±0.2 / ±1,296,076)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

338,114 ±3,536 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,294,065 ±14,260
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.5 ±0 (846,180  ±895) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 † 12,540,001 (±104.9 / ±-555,555,600)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 † 325,134,660 (±4.3 / ±-555,555,600)

5.1% ±1% (9,869  ±1,987) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.2% 149,542 (±0.3% / ±7,113)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

362,101 ±360 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,815,191 ±386
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$288,500 ±$4,708 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $245,500 ±$1,392
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

9.2% ±1.1% (79,212  ±9,016.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,378,990 (±0.2% / ±30,921.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±187,841.9)

Social

91.2% ±1.9% (558,056  ±11,910.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.2% 8,436,634 (±0.5% / ±46,126.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±272,504.5)
32.7% ±1.1% (199,975  ±6,912.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.1% 3,209,693 (±0.3% / ±27,947)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±175,321.9)

19.8% ±0.9% (163,824  ±7,668.7) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.3% 1,515,888 (±0.2% / ±24,009.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 22% 69,241,800 (±0.1% / ±203,206.2)

11.6% ±7,364.6% (100,620  ±5,825) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.5% † 978,173 (±323% / ±20,568)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% † 46,182,176 (±23.1% / ±149,842)

5.8% ±0.5% (40,504  ±3,160) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.2% 638,436 (±0.1% / ±10,651)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
40,504 Total veterans ±3,160 37,673 Male ±2,755 2,831 Female ±1,068

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