Allentown.
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Pennsylvania·Lehigh County
29 tracts·126K people·$207K median·7,172/mi²
Hispanic 56 · White 29 · Black 10 · Multiracial 3 · Asian 2 · Other 1
Other 37 · Married couple 32 · Living alone 31
Health 36 · Professional 23 · Retail 15 · Manufacturing 11 · Leisure 6 · Public admin 6 · Other 4
Production · transport 29 · Management · business · science · arts 25 · Service 20 · Sales · office 19 · Construction · maintenance 6
Drive alone 70 · Carpool 22 · Work from home 9 · Walk 4 · Transit 4 · Bike 0
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Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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The median home value in Allentown is $206,600 (Census ACS) — 0.5× the US median of $458,812.
Allentown has 125,976 residents across 28 census tracts and 24 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 33.1; the population is 56.3% Hispanic or Latino, 28.9% White, 9.8% Black, 2.5% Multiracial, 1.9% Asian and 0.6% Other; the average household has 2.6 people; 19.1% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 21.0% (Census ACS).
Lehigh Parkway El Sch (52%), Hiram W Dodd El Sch (29%) and Union Terrace El Sch (24%) lead the elementary schools; South Mountain MS (15%), Harrison-Morton MS (11%) and Francis D Raub MS (9%) lead the middle schools; Louis E Dieruff HS (22%), William Allen HS (22%) and Building 21 Allentown (21%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $1,317/month, 17% below the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Allentown is $55,494 a year, 36% below the US median (Census ACS).
In Allentown, median rent is $1,317/month and the median home value is $206,600 (Census ACS).
Allentown reported 2.9 violent crimes and 17.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 83°F; winter lows average 24°F; there are 83 comfortable days a year; annual precipitation is 48 inches; snowfall averages 33 inches a year (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Allentown are cold wave (95), winter weather (94) and heat wave (83), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.20g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Allentown, 3.8% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).