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Allentown city, Pennsylvania: commercial real estate data.
Allentown city is a Census city of 125,976 people across 17.56 square miles of land, in Lehigh County. Median household income is $55,494, 43.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 199 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $98.7 m.
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Allentown
What Allentown is
- Census place typecity
- Land area17.56 sq mi
- Water area0.44 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land7,172
- County holding the largest share of its areaLehigh County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Allentown
How many people live in Allentown
- Population125,976
- Median age33.1
- Population under 1830,706
- Share under 1824.4 percent
- Population 65 and over16,972
- Share 65 and over13.5 percent
- Households46,374
- Family households28,338
- Share of households that are families61.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Allentown
Income and work in Allentown
- Median household income$55,494
- Per capita income$26,892
- Civilian labor force62,163
- Employed56,561
- Unemployed5,602
- Unemployment rate9.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over80,291
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher81.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher19.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Allentown
Housing in Allentown
- Housing units49,502
- Occupied units46,374
- Vacant units3,128
- Vacancy rate6.3 percent
- Owner occupied20,035
- Renter occupied26,339
- Ownership rate43.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$206,600
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,317
- Annual rent as a share of median income28.5 percent
- Single family units30,651
- Share single family61.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more18,702
- Share in buildings of two or more37.8 percent
- Mobile homes149 plus or minus 89
- Median year structure built1952
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Allentown
How Allentown gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute50,484
- Commuting under 15 minutes10,915
- Share commuting under 15 minutes21.6 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more15,350
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more30.4 percent
- Drove alone69.7 percent
- Carpooled11.1 percent
- Public transport3.3 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Walked3.7 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Worked from home9.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Allentown
SBA loans in Allentown (7(a))
- Approvals199
- Gross approval$98,717,300
- Average approval$496,067
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,430,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported1,717
- Jobs per approval8.6
- Loans with a final outcome32
- Paid in full24
- Charged off8
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans25.0 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more17.1 percent
- Share to franchises14.1 percent
- Distinct lenders49
- Distinct industries by NAICS108
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Allentown
SBA loans in Allentown (504)
- Approvals27
- Gross approval$36,326,000
- Average approval$1,345,407
- Median approval$685,000
- Largest approval$5,500,000
- Jobs supported424
- Loans with a final outcome7
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs5
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Allentown
Flood risk in Allentown
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number420585
- Currently effective map date07/16/04
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Lehigh County, not Allentown
Lehigh County context, not Allentown figures
These are Lehigh County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Allentown measurements.
- Establishments in Lehigh County8,681
- Employment at those establishments, Lehigh County201,146
- Covered employment, Lehigh County200,548
- Average annual pay, Lehigh County$70,311
- Average weekly wage, Lehigh County$1,352
- Housing units permitted, Lehigh County1,062
- Of those, single family, Lehigh County541
- County product, 2024, Lehigh County$31,738,508,000
- County product change over the prior year, Lehigh County4.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Lehigh County$61,849
Every figure in this section is published for Lehigh County as a whole and is not a measurement of Allentown. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Allentown questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Allentown, Pennsylvania?
125,976, in 46,374 households. Allentown city covers 17.56 square miles of land, which is 7,172 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Allentown in?
Lehigh County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Allentown?
$55,494. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $206,600. Median gross rent is $1,317 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Allentown businesses?
199 7(a) approvals totalling $98.7 m, across 49 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 27 504 approvals worth $36.3 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Allentown, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Allentown borrowers get paid back?
Of the 32 loans that have reached a final outcome, 24 were paid in full and 8 charged off, a charge off rate of 25.0 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Allentown in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Allentown appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 420585, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Allentown figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Lehigh County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Allentown.
Is zoning published for Allentown?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.