Allentown vs Breinigsville

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

Allentown and Breinigsville 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 8,159 in Breinigsville). Breinigsville has the higher median household income ($116,631 vs $53,403 in Allentown). Breinigsville has the higher median home value ($368,600 vs $188,900 in Allentown).

Population, income & housing

	Allentown	Breinigsville
Population	125,320	8,159
Median age	32.4 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$53,403	$116,631
Median home value	$188,900	$368,600
Median gross rent	$1,269	$2,021
Housing units	49,211	2,662
Homeownership rate	42.3%	91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	55.0%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allentown	Breinigsville
Population	120,915 → 125,320 (+3.6%)	6,784 → 8,159 (+20.3%)
Median household income	$41,167 → $53,403 (+29.7%)	$103,317 → $116,631 (+12.9%)
Median home value	$131,300 → $188,900 (+43.9%)	$316,100 → $368,600 (+16.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,004 → $1,269 (+26.4%)	$1,401 → $2,021 (+44.3%)

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

Breinigsville

Population

6,7848,159

Median household income

$103,317$116,631

Median home value

$316,100$368,600

Median gross rent

$1,401$2,021

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allentown	Breinigsville
Under 5	7.1%	2.5%
5 to 17	17.8%	28.2%
18 to 24	12.2%	6.0%
25 to 34	16.2%	9.0%
35 to 44	12.0%	19.9%
45 to 54	10.1%	10.2%
55 to 64	11.3%	13.5%
65 to 74	7.8%	6.6%
75 and over	5.5%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allentown	Breinigsville
White (non-Hispanic)	30.0%	56.3%
Black or African American	11.0%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	15.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.2%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	53.8%	20.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allentown	Breinigsville
No high school diploma	18.8%	3.0%
High school graduate	37.6%	14.7%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	33.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	21.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allentown	Breinigsville
Drove alone	71.2%	68.8%
Carpooled	10.2%	2.1%
Public transit	3.3%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	26.4%
Other means	3.2%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allentown	Breinigsville
1-unit, detached	25.1%	47.3%
1-unit, attached	36.4%	40.2%
2 to 4 units	15.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	10.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	12.5%

Poverty & households

	Allentown	Breinigsville
Poverty rate	21.6%	1.3%
Average household size	2.60	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1951	2005