Allentown vs Emmaus

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

Allentown and Emmaus 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 11,727 in Emmaus). Emmaus has the higher median household income ($82,875 vs $53,403 in Allentown). Emmaus has the higher median home value ($244,300 vs $188,900 in Allentown).

Population, income & housing

	Allentown	Emmaus
Population	125,320	11,727
Median age	32.4 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$53,403	$82,875
Median home value	$188,900	$244,300
Median gross rent	$1,269	$1,331
Housing units	49,211	4,973
Homeownership rate	42.3%	67.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	29.5%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allentown	Emmaus
Population	120,915 → 125,320 (+3.6%)	11,391 → 11,727 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$41,167 → $53,403 (+29.7%)	$59,026 → $82,875 (+40.4%)
Median home value	$131,300 → $188,900 (+43.9%)	$184,900 → $244,300 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,004 → $1,269 (+26.4%)	$1,091 → $1,331 (+22.0%)

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

Emmaus

Population

11,39111,727

Median household income

$59,026$82,875

Median home value

$184,900$244,300

Median gross rent

$1,091$1,331

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allentown	Emmaus
Under 5	7.1%	6.8%
5 to 17	17.8%	13.6%
18 to 24	12.2%	7.5%
25 to 34	16.2%	15.0%
35 to 44	12.0%	16.9%
45 to 54	10.1%	14.0%
55 to 64	11.3%	11.2%
65 to 74	7.8%	7.7%
75 and over	5.5%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allentown	Emmaus
White (non-Hispanic)	30.0%	84.1%
Black or African American	11.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	53.8%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allentown	Emmaus
No high school diploma	18.8%	7.0%
High school graduate	37.6%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allentown	Emmaus
Drove alone	71.2%	77.5%
Carpooled	10.2%	8.9%
Public transit	3.3%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	7.9%	11.0%
Other means	3.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allentown	Emmaus
1-unit, detached	25.1%	48.3%
1-unit, attached	36.4%	26.9%
2 to 4 units	15.4%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	9.9%
20 or more units	10.3%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Allentown	Emmaus
Poverty rate	21.6%	5.8%
Average household size	2.60	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1951	1957