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Total population: 107,250 (All urban)

Allentown, Pennsylvania Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 45,960 (42,032 occupied: 22,286 owner occupied, 19,746 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	47%
State:	29%

Housing density: 2591 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $165,004.

Median contract rent in 2007: $626 (lower quartile is $472, upper quartile is $771)

Housing units in Allentown with a mortgage: 13,030 (1,177 second mortgage, 2,002 home equity loan, 73 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 7,776

Allentown,PA index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $140,800 (it was $77,000 in 2000)

Allentown:	$140,800
Pennsylvania:	$155,000

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $97,500 - $191,900

Median year house/condo built: 1946

Median year apartment built: 1952

Household type by relationship

Households: 101,625

In family households: 81,533 (16,784 male householders, 8,572 female householders)
17,152 spouses, 30,371 children (28,113 natural, 675 adopted, 1,583 stepchildren), 1,979 grandchildren, 954 brothers or sisters, 1,048 parents, 1,545 other relatives, 3,128 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 20,092 (7,439 male householders (5,797 living alone)), 9,256 female householders (8,125 living alone)), 3,397 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 5,007 (2,071 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 10,311 2-persons, 6,218 3-persons, 4,605 4-persons, 2,414 5-persons, 1,114 6-persons, 694 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 13,922 1-person, 2,442 2-persons, 206 3-persons, 95 4-persons, 26 5-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons.

13,227 married couples with children.
10,021 single-parent households (2,102 men, 7,919 women).

72.2% of residents of Allentown speak English at home.
19.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (58% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
3.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
2.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (43% speak English very well, 36% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
2.6% of residents speak other language at home (54% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 10,227 (9.6%)
(43.6% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.4
State:	6.4

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.9
State:	4.2

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Allentown, Pennsylvania:
	1 room: 55 2 rooms: 94 3 rooms: 469 4 rooms: 1,036 5 rooms: 3,332 6 rooms: 7,162 7 rooms: 4,683 8 rooms: 3,292 9 or more rooms: 2,163

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Allentown, Pennsylvania:
	1 room: 876 2 rooms: 2,067 3 rooms: 4,877 4 rooms: 4,859 5 rooms: 3,447 6 rooms: 1,878 7 rooms: 999 8 rooms: 417 9 or more rooms: 326

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 167
1995 to 1998: 267
1990 to 1994: 552
1980 to 1989: 2,726
1970 to 1979: 5,251
1960 to 1969: 5,557
1950 to 1959: 7,163
1940 to 1949: 5,449
1939 or earlier: 18,828

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Allentown:
	no bedroom: 72 1 bedroom: 638 2 bedrooms: 3,214 3 bedrooms: 12,265 4 bedrooms: 3,786 5 or more bedrooms: 2,311

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Allentown:
	no bedroom: 1,104 1 bedroom: 8,093 2 bedrooms: 6,282 3 bedrooms: 3,065 4 bedrooms: 771 5 or more bedrooms: 431

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Allentown in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 1,663 1 vehicle: 8,349 2 vehicles: 9,055 3 vehicles: 2,489 4 vehicles: 610 5 or more vehicles: 120

Cars and other vehicles available in Allentown in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 6,255 1 vehicle: 9,410 2 vehicles: 3,526 3 vehicles: 449 4 vehicles: 65 5 or more vehicles: 41

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Allentown, PA:

Less than $10,000: 56
$10,000 to $14,999: 28
$15,000 to $19,999: 38
$20,000 to $24,999: 57
$25,000 to $29,999: 47
$30,000 to $34,999: 38
$35,000 to $39,999: 41
$40,000 to $49,999: 108
$50,000 to $59,999: 215
$60,000 to $69,999: 456
$70,000 to $79,999: 721
$80,000 to $89,999: 791
$90,000 to $99,999: 1261
$100,000 to $124,999: 3636
$125,000 to $149,999: 3304
$150,000 to $174,999: 2852
$175,000 to $199,999: 1805
$200,000 to $249,999: 2116
$250,000 to $299,999: 827
$300,000 to $399,999: 505
$400,000 to $499,999: 154
$500,000 to $749,999: 153
$750,000 to $999,999: 31
$1,000,000 or more: 30

Allentown rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Allentown:

Less than $100: 383 people
$100 to $149: 311
$150 to $199: 520
$200 to $249: 541
$250 to $299: 665
$300 to $349: 628
$350 to $399: 566
$400 to $449: 1,135
$450 to $499: 1,239
$500 to $549: 1,459
$550 to $599: 1,706
$600 to $649: 1,835
$650 to $699: 1,778
$700 to $749: 1,654
$750 to $799: 1,471
$800 to $899: 2,098
$900 to $999: 989
$1,000 to $1,249: 776
$1,250 to $1,499: 199
$1,500 to $1,999: 161
$2,000 or more: 130
No cash rent: 427

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 2,639 1990 to 1994: 1,946 1985 to 1989: 1,690 1980 to 1984: 1,248 1975 to 1979: 791 1970 to 1974: 569 1970 to 1974: 436 1965 to 1969: 908

Allentown, PA Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 78.4%
Number of people working at home: 863 (1.9% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 1517
5 to 9 minutes: 5777
10 to 14 minutes: 8591
15 to 19 minutes: 9419
20 to 24 minutes: 7293
25 to 29 minutes: 1868
30 to 34 minutes: 4138
35 to 39 minutes: 670
40 to 44 minutes: 675
45 to 59 minutes: 1830
60 to 89 minutes: 1505
90 or more minutes: 1075

Allentown mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 32,189 (71%)
Carpooled: 6,587 (15%)
Bus or trolley bus: 1,620 (4%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 5 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 8 (0%)
Railroad: 38 (0%)
Taxi: 64 (0%)
Motorcycle: 12 (0%)
Bicycle: 139 (0%)
Walked: 3,347 (7%)
Other means: 349 (1%)
Worked at home: 863 (2%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 5203
$10,000 to $14,999: 3689
$15,000 to $19,999: 3858
$20,000 to $24,999: 3596
$25,000 to $29,999: 3395
$30,000 to $34,999: 3058
$35,000 to $39,999: 2953
$40,000 to $44,999: 2518
$45,000 to $49,999: 1838
$50,000 to $59,999: 3773
$60,000 to $74,999: 3540
$75,000 to $99,999: 2586
$100,000 to $124,999: 1126
$125,000 to $149,999: 462
$150,000 to $199,999: 181
$200,000 or more: 275

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 30487

German: 17165

Irish: 5496

Italian: 5316

Pennsylvania German: 4767

United States or American: 4617

Arab:: 2492

Polish: 2193

English: 2112

Slovak: 1999

Syrian: 1626

Dutch: 1576

Hungarian: 1437

Austrian: 1139

Ukrainian: 1099

Welsh: 779

Russian: 773

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 697

French (except Basque): 630

Subsaharan African:: 530

Arab/Arabic: 499

Greek: 488

Jamaican: 480

Scottish: 458

African: 451

Scotch-Irish: 345

French Canadian: 260

Czechoslovakian: 250

Lebanese: 232

British: 224

European: 189

Norwegian: 183

Swedish: 178

Czech: 169

Lithuanian: 168

Swiss: 155

Eastern European: 139

Egyptian: 135

Albanian: 105

Canadian: 104

Yugoslavian: 96

Slavic: 93

West Indian: 84

Portuguese: 64

Slovene: 41

Danish: 39

Haitian: 37

Cypriot: 36

Scandinavian: 35

Other West Indian: 32

Croatian: 31

Romanian: 31

Other Subsaharan African: 28

British West Indian: 26

Belgian: 21

Latvian: 19

Nigerian: 18

Kenyan: 18

Ethiopian: 15

Bulgarian: 15

Brazilian: 15

Carpatho Rusyn: 14

Northern European: 14

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 14

Dutch West Indian: 13

U.S. Virgin Islander: 11

Finnish: 10

Acadian/Cajun: 8

Turkish: 6

Serbian: 6

Guyanese: 5

Afghan: 4

Celtic: 4

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

Dominican Republic (17%)
Syria (12%)
Vietnam (8%)
Mexico (5%)
India (3%)
Ecuador (3%)
Colombia (3%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 68231
Northeast: 12635
Midwest: 1890
South: 3709
West: 1012

52% of Allentown residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Pennsylvania.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 480
Nursery to 4th grade: 283
5th and 6th grade: 575
7th and 8th grade: 1,584
9th grade: 1,208
10th grade: 1,565
11th grade: 1,230
12th grade, no diploma: 1,456
High school graduate (or equivalency): 11,794
Less than 1 year of college: 1,606
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 3,349
Associate degree: 1,512
Bachelor's degree: 3,510
Master's degree: 1,229
Professional school degree: 391
Doctorate degree: 306

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 487
Nursery to 4th grade: 207
5th and 6th grade: 760
7th and 8th grade: 1,858
9th grade: 1,639
10th grade: 2,176
11th grade: 1,845
12th grade, no diploma: 1,395
High school graduate (or equivalency): 13,297
Less than 1 year of college: 2,075
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 3,610
Associate degree: 2,170
Bachelor's degree: 3,434
Master's degree: 1,188
Professional school degree: 349
Doctorate degree: 150

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 5.0%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 5.6%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 7.6%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 13.0%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 9.5%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 28.7%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 3.3%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 1.2%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 11.2%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 16.9%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 14.9%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 11.7%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 11.8%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 15.9%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $40,180
Black householders: $35,570
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $25,366
Asian householders: $50,290
Some other race householders: $25,685
Two or more races householders: $34,942
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $26,785

Allentown household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Allentown household income for Black householders

Allentown household income for Some other race householders

Allentown household income for Two or more races householders

Allentown household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Allentown marital status for males

Allentown marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $145,920
Black or African American householders: $116,845
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $108,982
Asian householders: $144,822
Some other race householders: $111,360
Two or more races householders: $108,982
Hispanic or Latino householders: $115,748

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 10,461
One, attached: 17,383
Two: 3,765
3 or 4: 4,317
5 to 9: 3,099
10 to 19: 3,284
20 to 49: 1,037
50 or more: 2,493
Mobile homes: 121

Median worth of mobile homes: $48,503

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Allentown:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (43%) Utility gas (40%) Electricity (15%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Electricity (40%) Utility gas (36%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (21%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,575

Here:	12.5%
Pennsylvania:	16.0%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 481

Here:	8.8%
Pennsylvania:	13.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3,234

Here:	59.8%
Pennsylvania:	37.3%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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