Allentown vs Jay

A side-by-side comparison of Allentown and Jay: population, income, housing, and more.

Allentown and Jay are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Allentown has the higher population (1,200 vs 706 in Jay). Allentown has the higher median home value ($234,300 vs $126,800 in Jay). Since 2019, Jay's population has grown faster (+66.9% vs +53.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Allentown	Jay
Population	1,200	706
Median age	44.4 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$36,964
Median home value	$234,300	$126,800
Median gross rent	$3,102	$1,008
Housing units	528	335
Homeownership rate	86.9%	43.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.4%	14.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allentown	Jay
Population	781 → 1,200 (+53.6%)	423 → 706 (+66.9%)
Median household income	$36,151 → $37,527 (+3.8%)	$36,528 → $36,964 (+1.2%)
Median home value	$165,100 → $234,300 (+41.9%)	$76,200 → $126,800 (+66.4%)
Median gross rent	$2,548 → $3,102 (+21.7%)	$926 → $1,008 (+8.9%)

Allentown

Population

7811,200

Median household income

$36,151$37,527

Median home value

$165,100$234,300

Median gross rent

$2,548$3,102

Jay

Population

423706

Median household income

$36,528$36,964

Median home value

$76,200$126,800

Median gross rent

$926$1,008

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allentown	Jay
Under 5	9.5%	8.4%
5 to 17	19.1%	18.1%
18 to 24	1.6%	12.3%
25 to 34	12.4%	9.2%
35 to 44	9.2%	10.3%
45 to 54	10.4%	19.4%
55 to 64	18.7%	10.8%
65 to 74	11.9%	8.1%
75 and over	7.2%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allentown	Jay
White (non-Hispanic)	72.8%	91.5%
Black or African American	14.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.3%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allentown	Jay
No high school diploma	6.4%	30.1%
High school graduate	30.9%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	19.8%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allentown	Jay
Drove alone	81.5%	67.3%
Carpooled	12.6%	21.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.3%
Worked from home	5.9%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allentown	Jay
1-unit, detached	93.4%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	15.2%

Poverty & households

	Allentown	Jay
Poverty rate	16.5%	33.5%
Average household size	2.62	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	27	36
Median year structure built	1995	1972