Allentown vs Wescosville

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

Allentown and Wescosville 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 7,156 in Wescosville). Wescosville has the higher median household income ($124,719 vs $53,403 in Allentown). Wescosville has the higher median home value ($428,800 vs $188,900 in Allentown).

Population, income & housing

	Allentown	Wescosville
Population	125,320	7,156
Median age	32.4 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,403	$124,719
Median home value	$188,900	$428,800
Median gross rent	$1,269	$1,498
Housing units	49,211	2,697
Homeownership rate	42.3%	88.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	48.3%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allentown	Wescosville
Population	120,915 → 125,320 (+3.6%)	6,694 → 7,156 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$41,167 → $53,403 (+29.7%)	$86,940 → $124,719 (+43.5%)
Median home value	$131,300 → $188,900 (+43.9%)	$303,600 → $428,800 (+41.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,004 → $1,269 (+26.4%)	$1,345 → $1,498 (+11.4%)

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

Wescosville

Population

6,6947,156

Median household income

$86,940$124,719

Median home value

$303,600$428,800

Median gross rent

$1,345$1,498

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allentown	Wescosville
Under 5	7.1%	5.2%
5 to 17	17.8%	18.4%
18 to 24	12.2%	8.8%
25 to 34	16.2%	8.1%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.4%
45 to 54	10.1%	12.4%
55 to 64	11.3%	17.0%
65 to 74	7.8%	9.9%
75 and over	5.5%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allentown	Wescosville
White (non-Hispanic)	30.0%	75.2%
Black or African American	11.0%	7.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.5%	2.4%
Two or more races	2.2%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	53.8%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allentown	Wescosville
No high school diploma	18.8%	4.8%
High school graduate	37.6%	22.7%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	30.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	17.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allentown	Wescosville
Drove alone	71.2%	75.3%
Carpooled	10.2%	10.0%
Public transit	3.3%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	13.6%
Other means	3.2%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allentown	Wescosville
1-unit, detached	25.1%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	36.4%	10.0%
2 to 4 units	15.4%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	6.0%
20 or more units	10.3%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Allentown	Wescosville
Poverty rate	21.6%	4.7%
Average household size	2.60	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1951	1984