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18102

51,315 Population
3 square miles 17,208.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.8 ±0.8 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 41.4 ±0.2
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$18,778 ±$891 Per capita income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: $43,319 ±$687
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$40,681 ±$2,786 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: $82,602 ±$1,256
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

30.3% ±3.5% (15,453  ±1,909) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 10.3% 86,504 (±0.5% / ±4,494)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

25 minutes ±1.6 (476,585  ±42,142) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 27.7 10,261,605 (±0.4 / ±172,349)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

17,141 ±631 Number of households
  • the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 336,977 ±1,474
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
3 ±0.1 (50,842  ±2,141) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 2.5 842,129 (±0 / ±458)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

5.1% ±1.6% (676  ±216) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 4.7% 9,105 (±0.4% / ±803)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

18,788 ±589 Number of housing units
  • the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 360,133 ±248
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$146,600 ±$9,468 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: $277,800 ±$2,079
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

11.7% ±2.2% (5,914  ±1,138.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 10.4% 89,129 (±0.5% / ±3,836.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

75.5% ±3.2% (22,879  ±1,394.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 91.6% 557,085 (±0.9% / ±5,465.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
11.2% ±1.7% (3,396  ±539.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 32.7% 198,970 (±0.6% / ±3,350.6)
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

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

21.7% ±2.4% (11,157  ±1,315) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 10.4% 90,374
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

2.8% ±0.8% (1,001  ±288) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metro Area: 6.2% 42,600 (±0.2% / ±1,513)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
1,001 Total veterans ±288 837 Male ±249 164 Female ±100

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