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Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area

865,310 Population
1,453 square miles 595.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.2 ±0.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$38,079 ±$884 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $38,315 ±$210
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$72,058 ±$2,310 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $68,957 ±$505
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

11.3% ±1.1% (95,108  ±9,624) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.1% 1,519,032 (±0.3% / ±31,274)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

26.1 minutes ±0.6 (8,862,565  ±293,988) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 25.7 126,990,176 (±0.2 / ±1,159,131)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

337,283 ±2,796 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,228,956 ±12,804
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.5 ±0 (843,335  ±2,540) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,553,547 (±0)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

4.7% ±1% (9,018  ±1,997) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5% 143,491 (±0.2% / ±6,944)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

359,789 ±1,029 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,770,472 ±639
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$254,600 ±$4,990 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $222,300 ±$1,434
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

10.2% ±1% (87,538  ±8,931.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.8% 1,390,202 (±0.3% / ±33,194.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

91.2% ±1.8% (552,536  ±11,054.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,418,661 (±0.5% / ±42,404.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
32.2% ±1% (195,193  ±6,247.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,164,985 (±0.3% / ±23,883.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

19.2% ±1% (157,854  ±7,796.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,447,986 (±0.2% / ±25,911.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 21.6% 67,754,440 (±0.1% / ±171,150.5)

10.2% ±0.7% (87,983  ±6,352) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.2% 938,636 (±0.2% / ±22,145)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

6.3% ±0.4% (43,159  ±2,729) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.2% 641,525 (±0.1% / ±10,939)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
43,159 Total veterans ±2,729 40,406 Male ±2,561 2,753 Female ±879

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