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Allentown, PA
127,138 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 4202000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Allentown ranked #304 of 340 cities and 11th of 14 in its peer group, on 8 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Allentown and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: New Bedford MA, Lynn MA, Lowell MA, Worcester MA, Springfield MA, South Bend IN, Bridgeport CT, Lakewood NJ, North Charleston SC, Richmond VA, Kansas City KS, Waterbury CT, Akron OH · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #304 of 340 cities · 11th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #284 | #286 | #315 | #261 | #322 | #291 | #308 | #317 | #330 | #247 | #318 | #310 | #321 | #319 | #301 | #221 | #287 | #276 | #304 | #244 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 112,570 | 114,280 | 115,490 | 116,673 | 117,377 | 118,113 | 118,782 | 118,878 | 118,826 | 119,167 | 120,071 | 120,420 | 121,047 | 121,537 | 121,442 | 125,731 | 125,833 | 125,347 | 125,919 | 127,138 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #144 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group | +0.9 | +0.9 | +0.4 | +0.4 | +0.1 | — | +0.2 | -0.3 | -0.5 | -0.2 | -0.1 | -0.2 | +0.1 | -0.2 | -0.2 | -0.0 | +0.1 | -0.3 | -0.2 | -0.1 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #168 of 271 cities with data · 4th of 9 in its peer group with data | — | 1.3 | — | — | — | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 2.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | — | 0.0 | — | — | — | 0.2 | 0.2 | 2.1 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #336 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group | 24.4% | 25.1% | 24.4% | 23.0% | 28.3% | 29.9% | 33.4% | 28.3% | 29.1% | 25.9% | 29.8% | 32.4% | 28.2% | 27.9% | 31.1% | — | 29.0% | 25.8% | 33.0% | 35.2% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #104 of 304 cities with data · 4th of 14 in its peer group | 18.7 | 14.0 | 17.3 | 13.7 | 11.1 | 7.6 | 8.4 | 12.6 | 10.1 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 8.3 | 13.2 | 9.1 | 5.8 | 5.6 | — | — | 13.5 | 3.1 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| jobs · size, not ranked | 50,770 | 51,701 | 50,870 | 51,553 | 47,948 | 48,739 | 48,190 | 48,204 | 45,892 | 46,599 | 45,216 | 45,686 | 45,591 | 46,302 | 46,198 | 42,463 | 43,799 | 46,329 | 48,634 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #49 of 329 cities with data · 3rd of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -0.5 | -0.5 | -2.8 | +0.3 | -2.6 | +0.1 | -3.3 | -1.9 | -5.7 | +1.6 | -4.2 | -1.6 | -1.7 | -0.5 | -0.6 | -2.2 | -0.5 | +0.9 | +2.5 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 46,697 | 52,058 | 47,100 | 48,528 | 52,387 | 50,444 | 52,106 | 54,993 | 54,352 | — | 52,941 | 64,018 | 53,749 | 55,652 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #337 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16.8% | 12.2% | 16.8% | 14.8% | 10.4% | 9.7% | 9.3% | 10.4% | 8.4% | — | 10.1% | 7.6% | 7.4% | 11.2% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #225 of 314 cities with data · 5th of 14 in its peer group | -7% | 13% | -7% | -12% | -5% | -3% | -2% | -27% | -7% | 8% | -12% | -8% | -14% | -13% | -5% | -2% | 6% | 7% | 4% | 11% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #41 of 314 cities with data · 3rd of 14 in its peer group | $1,999 | $1,762 | $1,711 | $1,597 | $1,524 | $1,481 | $1,347 | $1,372 | $1,284 | $1,109 | $1,024 | $1,091 | $1,030 | $975 | $972 | $895 | $1,004 | $867 | $786 | $720 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Allentown. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.