Allentown vs Fullerton

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

Allentown and Fullerton 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 16,729 in Fullerton). Fullerton has the higher median household income ($63,357 vs $53,403 in Allentown). Fullerton has the higher median home value ($229,900 vs $188,900 in Allentown).

Population, income & housing

	Allentown	Fullerton
Population	125,320	16,729
Median age	32.4 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,403	$63,357
Median home value	$188,900	$229,900
Median gross rent	$1,269	$1,381
Housing units	49,211	6,779
Homeownership rate	42.3%	51.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allentown	Fullerton
Population	120,915 → 125,320 (+3.6%)	15,787 → 16,729 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$41,167 → $53,403 (+29.7%)	$59,368 → $63,357 (+6.7%)
Median home value	$131,300 → $188,900 (+43.9%)	$177,900 → $229,900 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,004 → $1,269 (+26.4%)	$1,122 → $1,381 (+23.1%)

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

Fullerton

Population

15,78716,729

Median household income

$59,368$63,357

Median home value

$177,900$229,900

Median gross rent

$1,122$1,381

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allentown	Fullerton
Under 5	7.1%	6.6%
5 to 17	17.8%	15.5%
18 to 24	12.2%	10.1%
25 to 34	16.2%	19.6%
35 to 44	12.0%	14.0%
45 to 54	10.1%	11.9%
55 to 64	11.3%	10.8%
65 to 74	7.8%	6.9%
75 and over	5.5%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allentown	Fullerton
White (non-Hispanic)	30.0%	49.4%
Black or African American	11.0%	12.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	53.8%	32.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allentown	Fullerton
No high school diploma	18.8%	8.0%
High school graduate	37.6%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allentown	Fullerton
Drove alone	71.2%	79.0%
Carpooled	10.2%	11.6%
Public transit	3.3%	1.5%
Walked	4.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	5.5%
Other means	3.2%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allentown	Fullerton
1-unit, detached	25.1%	40.6%
1-unit, attached	36.4%	19.0%
2 to 4 units	15.4%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	26.3%
20 or more units	10.3%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Allentown	Fullerton
Poverty rate	21.6%	15.8%
Average household size	2.60	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1951	1965