Allentown vs Ancient Oaks

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

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

Allentown has the higher population (125,320 vs 7,731 in Ancient Oaks). Ancient Oaks has the higher median household income ($119,419 vs $53,403 in Allentown). Ancient Oaks has the higher median home value ($404,700 vs $188,900 in Allentown).

Population, income & housing

	Allentown	Ancient Oaks
Population	125,320	7,731
Median age	32.4 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$53,403	$119,419
Median home value	$188,900	$404,700
Median gross rent	$1,269	$1,830
Housing units	49,211	2,678
Homeownership rate	42.3%	80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	56.9%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allentown	Ancient Oaks
Population	120,915 → 125,320 (+3.6%)	7,387 → 7,731 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$41,167 → $53,403 (+29.7%)	$110,000 → $119,419 (+8.6%)
Median home value	$131,300 → $188,900 (+43.9%)	$293,300 → $404,700 (+38.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,004 → $1,269 (+26.4%)	$1,558 → $1,830 (+17.5%)

Allentown

Population

120,915125,320

Median household income

$41,167$53,403

Median home value

$131,300$188,900

Median gross rent

$1,004$1,269

Ancient Oaks

Population

7,3877,731

Median household income

$110,000$119,419

Median home value

$293,300$404,700

Median gross rent

$1,558$1,830

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allentown	Ancient Oaks
Under 5	7.1%	4.0%
5 to 17	17.8%	25.5%
18 to 24	12.2%	5.2%
25 to 34	16.2%	6.4%
35 to 44	12.0%	13.8%
45 to 54	10.1%	15.7%
55 to 64	11.3%	12.2%
65 to 74	7.8%	11.9%
75 and over	5.5%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allentown	Ancient Oaks
White (non-Hispanic)	30.0%	76.9%
Black or African American	11.0%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	10.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	53.8%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allentown	Ancient Oaks
No high school diploma	18.8%	3.4%
High school graduate	37.6%	14.7%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	34.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	22.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allentown	Ancient Oaks
Drove alone	71.2%	72.1%
Carpooled	10.2%	2.2%
Public transit	3.3%	0.4%
Walked	4.2%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	22.5%
Other means	3.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allentown	Ancient Oaks
1-unit, detached	25.1%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	36.4%	9.9%
2 to 4 units	15.4%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	13.8%
20 or more units	10.3%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Allentown	Ancient Oaks
Poverty rate	21.6%	1.4%
Average household size	2.60	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1951	1998