Allentown vs Whitfield

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

Allentown and Whitfield 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 626 in Whitfield). Allentown has the higher median home value ($234,300 vs $231,100 in Whitfield). Since 2019, Whitfield's population has grown faster (+112.9% vs +53.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Allentown	Whitfield
Population	1,200	626
Median age	44.4 yrs	51.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$64,125
Median home value	$234,300	$231,100
Median gross rent	$3,102	—
Housing units	528	153
Homeownership rate	86.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.4%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allentown	Whitfield
Population	781 → 1,200 (+53.6%)	294 → 626 (+112.9%)
Median household income	$36,151 → $37,527 (+3.8%)	$85,489 → $64,125 (-25.0%)
Median home value	$165,100 → $234,300 (+41.9%)	$158,300 → $231,100 (+46.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,548 → $3,102 (+21.7%)	—

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

Whitfield

Population

294626

Median household income

$85,489$64,125

Median home value

$158,300$231,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allentown	Whitfield
Under 5	9.5%	12.0%
5 to 17	19.1%	7.8%
18 to 24	1.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.4%	19.8%
35 to 44	9.2%	8.3%
45 to 54	10.4%	10.9%
55 to 64	18.7%	29.2%
65 to 74	11.9%	8.8%
75 and over	7.2%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allentown	Whitfield
White (non-Hispanic)	72.8%	93.0%
Black or African American	14.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.6%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allentown	Whitfield
No high school diploma	6.4%	6.6%
High school graduate	30.9%	71.1%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	12.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	5.4%
Graduate or professional degree	19.8%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allentown	Whitfield
Drove alone	81.5%	53.3%
Carpooled	12.6%	39.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allentown	Whitfield
1-unit, detached	93.4%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	20.9%

Poverty & households

	Allentown	Whitfield
Poverty rate	16.5%	18.2%
Average household size	2.62	4.09
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1995	1981