Allentown vs Avon-by-the-Sea

A side-by-side comparison of Allentown and Avon-by-the-Sea: population, income, housing, and more.

Allentown and Avon-by-the-Sea are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Allentown has the higher population (1,926 vs 1,801 in Avon-by-the-Sea). Allentown has the higher median household income ($134,583 vs $109,113 in Avon-by-the-Sea). Avon-by-the-Sea has the higher median home value ($1,349,000 vs $397,100 in Allentown).

Population, income & housing

	Allentown	Avon-by-the-Sea
Population	1,926	1,801
Median age	40.0 yrs	55.3 yrs
Median household income	$134,583	$109,113
Median home value	$397,100	$1,349,000
Median gross rent	$1,517	$1,891
Housing units	721	1,254
Homeownership rate	77.7%	65.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.2%	72.1%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allentown	Avon-by-the-Sea
Population	1,892 → 1,926 (+1.8%)	1,789 → 1,801 (+0.7%)
Median household income	$105,938 → $134,583 (+27.0%)	$92,813 → $109,113 (+17.6%)
Median home value	$320,200 → $397,100 (+24.0%)	$884,300 → $1,349,000 (+52.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,229 → $1,517 (+23.4%)	$1,484 → $1,891 (+27.4%)

Allentown

Population

1,8921,926

Median household income

$105,938$134,583

Median home value

$320,200$397,100

Median gross rent

$1,229$1,517

Avon-by-the-Sea

Population

1,7891,801

Median household income

$92,813$109,113

Median home value

$884,300$1,349,000

Median gross rent

$1,484$1,891

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allentown	Avon-by-the-Sea
Under 5	6.0%	0.3%
5 to 17	18.2%	12.0%
18 to 24	9.6%	6.8%
25 to 34	10.6%	13.9%
35 to 44	14.8%	4.7%
45 to 54	13.7%	11.5%
55 to 64	15.0%	18.9%
65 to 74	6.2%	17.4%
75 and over	5.9%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allentown	Avon-by-the-Sea
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	92.8%
Black or African American	6.7%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allentown	Avon-by-the-Sea
No high school diploma	7.9%	2.5%
High school graduate	18.7%	12.0%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	13.4%
Bachelor's degree	31.2%	44.9%
Graduate or professional degree	22.0%	27.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allentown	Avon-by-the-Sea
Drove alone	75.9%	65.7%
Carpooled	4.1%	1.8%
Public transit	0.5%	1.8%
Walked	1.8%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.1%
Worked from home	17.7%	20.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allentown	Avon-by-the-Sea
1-unit, detached	80.9%	68.6%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.6%	11.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Allentown	Avon-by-the-Sea
Poverty rate	3.6%	6.4%
Average household size	2.82	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1954	1948