Allentown vs Englishtown

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

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

Englishtown has the higher population (2,075 vs 1,926 in Allentown). Allentown has the higher median household income ($134,583 vs $101,736 in Englishtown). Englishtown has the higher median home value ($479,000 vs $397,100 in Allentown).

Population, income & housing

	Allentown	Englishtown
Population	1,926	2,075
Median age	40.0 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$134,583	$101,736
Median home value	$397,100	$479,000
Median gross rent	$1,517	$2,003
Housing units	721	802
Homeownership rate	77.7%	61.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.2%	37.4%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allentown	Englishtown
Population	1,892 → 1,926 (+1.8%)	2,119 → 2,075 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$105,938 → $134,583 (+27.0%)	$92,667 → $101,736 (+9.8%)
Median home value	$320,200 → $397,100 (+24.0%)	$316,900 → $479,000 (+51.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,229 → $1,517 (+23.4%)	$1,657 → $2,003 (+20.9%)

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

Englishtown

Population

2,1192,075

Median household income

$92,667$101,736

Median home value

$316,900$479,000

Median gross rent

$1,657$2,003

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allentown	Englishtown
Under 5	6.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	18.2%	19.5%
18 to 24	9.6%	7.5%
25 to 34	10.6%	11.3%
35 to 44	14.8%	14.0%
45 to 54	13.7%	13.3%
55 to 64	15.0%	17.8%
65 to 74	6.2%	7.3%
75 and over	5.9%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allentown	Englishtown
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	66.5%
Black or African American	6.7%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	10.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.4%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	16.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allentown	Englishtown
No high school diploma	7.9%	8.2%
High school graduate	18.7%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	31.2%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	22.0%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allentown	Englishtown
Drove alone	75.9%	70.0%
Carpooled	4.1%	5.4%
Public transit	0.5%	6.5%
Walked	1.8%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.7%	16.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allentown	Englishtown
1-unit, detached	80.9%	54.2%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	18.5%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	11.3%
20 or more units	0.6%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Allentown	Englishtown
Poverty rate	3.6%	14.6%
Average household size	2.82	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	31	36
Median year structure built	1954	1992