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City in Pennsylvania, United States

Allentown

$303kMedian Home
284Sunny Days/yr
63°FAvg High Temp
View on Map· Pop. 125k· Elev. 338 ftWikipedia

Allentown is a city in eastern Pennsylvania, United States. The county seat of Lehigh County, it is the third-most populous city in Pennsylvania, with a population of 125,845 as of the 2020 census. It is also the most populous city in the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the nation as of 2020.Wikipedia

Nickname: The A" "The Queen City", "A-Town", "Band City USA", "Peanut City", "Silk City".
About the RegionMid-Atlantic

The Mid-Atlantic corridor — New York City south through Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington D.C. — is the densest and most economically complex region in the country. Finance and media anchor New York; government, defense, and federal contracting anchor D.C.; healthcare and universities anchor Philadelphia and Baltimore. This makes the region one of the most recession-resistant labor markets in the U.S., though the same fundamentals push housing costs persistently high.

Philadelphia and Baltimore offer substantially lower costs than either New York or D.C. while sitting on the same high-speed rail line, making them increasingly attractive to remote workers and hybrid commuters. The New Jersey and Delaware suburbs fill in between, providing family-oriented communities within commuting range of multiple cities. The region's density means genuine walkability in most urban cores, strong transit infrastructure, and cultural institutions that rival anywhere on earth.

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Current Conditions

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Cost of Living

Housing
$2k/mo
Median Rent
$303k
Median Home Price
Rent burden38% of income
Household Income
$52k
Median annual
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Livability

Walk Score
89
Transit Score
39
School Rating
5.9/10
Internet
Fiber
52%
Cable
100%
address availability
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Climate

Sunshine
284
sunny days per year
78% of the year
Avg High Temp
63°F
annual average
Humidity
69%
relative humidity
Comfort Score
73/100
Great
Temp Swing
47°F
seasonal high-temp spread
Rainfall
48"
inches per year
Snowfall
8"
inches per year
Air Quality
42
Good AQI
07

Demographics

Population125k
Altitude338 ftabove sea level
Median Age32 yrs
College Educated18%bachelor's or higher
Work From Home7%of workforce
Poverty Rate21%

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