Allentown vs Leonardo

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

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

Leonardo has the higher population (2,342 vs 1,926 in Allentown). Allentown has the higher median household income ($134,583 vs $122,216 in Leonardo). Leonardo has the higher median home value ($432,200 vs $397,100 in Allentown).

Population, income & housing

	Allentown	Leonardo
Population	1,926	2,342
Median age	40.0 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$134,583	$122,216
Median home value	$397,100	$432,200
Median gross rent	$1,517	$1,439
Housing units	721	1,012
Homeownership rate	77.7%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.2%	41.0%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allentown	Leonardo
Population	1,892 → 1,926 (+1.8%)	2,568 → 2,342 (-8.8%)
Median household income	$105,938 → $134,583 (+27.0%)	$106,453 → $122,216 (+14.8%)
Median home value	$320,200 → $397,100 (+24.0%)	$315,200 → $432,200 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,229 → $1,517 (+23.4%)	$1,000 → $1,439 (+43.9%)

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

Leonardo

Population

2,5682,342

Median household income

$106,453$122,216

Median home value

$315,200$432,200

Median gross rent

$1,000$1,439

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allentown	Leonardo
Under 5	6.0%	6.7%
5 to 17	18.2%	15.8%
18 to 24	9.6%	9.4%
25 to 34	10.6%	10.1%
35 to 44	14.8%	13.4%
45 to 54	13.7%	18.0%
55 to 64	15.0%	9.6%
65 to 74	6.2%	11.7%
75 and over	5.9%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allentown	Leonardo
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	92.3%
Black or African American	6.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allentown	Leonardo
No high school diploma	7.9%	1.2%
High school graduate	18.7%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	31.2%	31.3%
Graduate or professional degree	22.0%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allentown	Leonardo
Drove alone	75.9%	75.9%
Carpooled	4.1%	5.3%
Public transit	0.5%	2.2%
Walked	1.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.7%	15.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allentown	Leonardo
1-unit, detached	80.9%	90.4%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	6.2%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Allentown	Leonardo
Poverty rate	3.6%	4.3%
Average household size	2.82	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	31	36
Median year structure built	1954	1953