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Allentown City PUMA, PA

127,225 Population
17.6 square miles 7,244.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.7 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 41.2 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$23,570 ±$1,665 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,674 ±$329
  • about half the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$47,463 ±$5,846 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,545 ±$816
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

21% ±5% (25,265  ±6,084) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.6% 1,464,236 (±0.3% / ±33,897)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

24.6 minutes ±1 (1,241,590  ±68,982) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

43,767 ±1,986 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,361,724 ±11,743
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.8 ±0.1 (122,394  ±209) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,638,571
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.5% ±3.1% (2,194  ±1,036) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.8% 139,720 (±0.2% / ±5,970)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

47,980 ±2,152 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,861,320 ±507
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$242,400 ±$14,814 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $277,600 ±$1,517
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11.9% ±3.4% (14,881  ±4,251.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.1% 1,304,951 (±0.3% / ±33,022.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

81.1% ±5.8% (63,484  ±4,943.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.4% 8,556,816 (±0.5% / ±44,451.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
17.4% ±2.9% (13,645  ±2,276.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 36.4% 3,369,510 (±0.3% / ±28,358.2)
  • about half the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

48.2% ±2% (56,615  ±2,373.3) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.4% 1,529,209 (±0.1% / ±12,347.2)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

31.9% ±4.1% (40,559  ±5,201) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 8.3% 1,090,675
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

2.2% ±0.9% (2,023  ±835) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.8% 601,407 (±0.1% / ±10,364)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
2,023 Total veterans ±835 1,487 Male ±673 536 Female ±407

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