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Allentown, PA real estate and demographic information

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Allentown zip codes18101, 18102, 18106, 18103, 18104, 18087, 18069, 18049

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POPULATION
106,632

Allentown, PA Information

ALLENTOWN INFORMATION DETAILS
POPULATION 106,632
NUMBER OF HOMES AND APARTMENTS 45,960
ALLENTOWN HOME OWNERSHIP
% OWNER OCCUPIED 48.49%
% RENTER OCCUPIED 42.96%
% VACANT 8.55%
TYPE OF ALLENTOWN HOMES
SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED 22.76%
ROWHOUSES AND ATTACHED HOMES 37.82%
SMALL APARTMENT BUILDINGS 17.58%
COMPLEXES OR HIGH RISE APARTMENTS 21.57%
MOBILE HOMES 0.26%
OTHER 0.01%
SIZE OF ALLENTOWN HOMES
NO BEDROOM 2.72%
1 BEDROOM 21.08%
2 BEDROOMS 23.70%
3 BEDROOMS 35.15%
4 BEDROOMS 10.50%
5 OR MORE BEDROOMS 6.85%
AGE OF HOMES
NEWER HOMES (1995 OR LATER) 0.94%
ESTABLISHED, BUT NOT OLD HOMES (1970-1994) 18.56%
WELL-ESTABLISHED, OLD HOMES (1940-1969) 39.53%
HISTORIC (1939 OR BEFORE) 40.97%


ALLENTOWN REAL ESTATE INFORMATION DETAILS
MEDIAN HOME VALUE $161,068
MEDIAN RENTAL PRICE $864
HOME VALUE RANGE
$0-$104,000 14.06%
$104,001-$210,000 61.21%
$210,001-$418,000 22.48%
$418,001-$628,000 1.40%
$628,001-$837,000 0.52%
$837,001-$1,046,000 0.14%
$1,046,001-$1,569,000 0.19%
$1,569,001-$2,092,000 0.00%
> $2,092,000 0.00%


PEOPLE OF Allentown DETAILS
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
UNDER 5 YEARS 6.90%
5 TO 17 17.73%
18 TO 24 10.93%
25 TO 34 15.15%
35 TO 54 26.86%
55 TO 64 7.29%
65 YEARS AND OVER 15.14%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF ADULTS
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES 72.72%
COLLEGE GRADUATES 15.36%
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME $32,016
PER CAPITA INCOME $16,282
INDIVIDUALS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL 18.48%
INDUSTRIES PEOPLE WORK IN Manufacturing (19.54%), Healthcare (13.06%), Retail (12.11%), Accomodation (7.21%), Education (6.77%), Other (6.38%), Construction (5.30%), Administration (4.52%), Finance (4.12%), Wholesale (3.75%), Transportation (3.62%), Professional, scientific, and technical services (3.49%), Information Technology (3.10%), Public Service (2.91%)
ATTENDING COLLEGE 5.80%
RACIAL MAKEUP
WHITE 72.75%
BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN 7.31%
AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE 0.43%
ASIAN 2.55%
NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDER 0.03%
SOME OTHER RACE ALONE 13.18%
TWO OR MORE RACES 3.75%
HISPANIC OR LATINO (OF ANY RACE) 24.35%
ETHNICITIES PRESENT Other Groups (28.59%), Unclassified (16.23%), German (16.10%), Irish (5.15%), Italian (4.99%), Pennsylvania German (4.47%), United States or American (4.33%), Polish (2.06%)
FOREIGN BORN 9.59%
LANGUAGES SPOKEN English (67.25%) , Spanish (18.46%) , Arabic (2.07%)
About Allentown

Allentown is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 106,632 people and 38 constituent neighborhoods, Allentown is the third largest community in Pennsylvania. Allentown has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

Unlike some cities, Allentown isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Allentown are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Allentown is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Allentown who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.74%), sales jobs (10.86%), and food service (6.53%).

Allentown Information and Demographics

The percentage of adults in Allentown who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 14.96%: 15.36% of the adults in Allentown have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Allentown in 2000 was $16,282, which is lower middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $65,128 for a family of four.

Allentown is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Allentown home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Allentown is White, followed by African-American. Allentown also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 24.35% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Allentown include German, Irish, Italian, Pennsylvania German, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Allentown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.

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