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Allentown--Bethlehem, PA--NJ Urban Area

644,758 Population
261.6 square miles 2,465.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.7 ±0.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$40,889 ±$1,057 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$83,051 ±$3,608 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

10.8% ±1.3% (66,928  ±8,284) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

26.4 minutes ±0.6 (7,333,135  ±294,635) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

244,372 ±3,594 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.6 ±0.1 (622,228  ±7,776) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5% ±1% (7,519  ±1,495) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

257,752 ±2,609 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$326,800 ±$8,275 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9.5% ±1.1% (60,376  ±7,024.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

91.7% ±2% (406,464  ±10,263.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
35.5% ±1.2% (157,391  ±5,755.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

14.2% ±1.1% (91,740  ±7,289) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.3% ±0.5% (27,026  ±2,545) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
27,026 Total veterans ±2,545 24,339 Male ±2,352 2,687 Female ±772

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