Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 5,693.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Allen Township grades B overall, 640th among Pennsylvania's 1032 graded towns. The median household earns $103K. The trade-off is money: the typical home is worth about $330K, 3.9 years of the Allentown metro’s $85K median household income. 18% of the land in Allen Township is conserved, above both the Pennsylvania town median (8.2%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). On civic life, just 55 of Pennsylvania’s 1,717 towns do worse. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 84% of U.S. towns.
4,269 counted in 2010 and 5,456 in 2020; an estimated 5,693 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Allen Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,630 in 2000, 5,462 in 2020. The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 2014 and 6 maps from 1939 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Allen Township. Close and well known come first.
9 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
7 mi Stadium & arenaPPL Center
15 mi Park & preserveLehigh River8 mi Ski areaBlue Mountain Resort44 runs · 1,077 ft vertical
26 mi National park siteMiddle Delaware National Scenic River4.1M visitors a year
25 mi Ski areaCamelback Mountain Resort37 runs · 804 ft verticalDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · PPL Center: Hunter Kahn, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lehigh River: The original uploader was Malepheasant at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.0 · Middle Delaware National Scenic River: Mike Serfas, Public domain · Camelback Mountain Resort: Calzarette at en.wikipedia, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Allen Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Allen Township.
Allen Township trades workers with Allentown and other neighbors and owes part of its health edge to its incomes.
0.7 miles of trail in 6 parks and preserves. Allen Township’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile, below both Pennsylvania’s towns (0.5) and U.S. towns (0.4). The biggest park or preserve is Bodnarczuk Tract, at 55 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Wayne A. Grube Memorial Park | 0.5 mi | 52 |
| 2. Bodnarczuk Tract | — | 55 |
| 3. Howertown Park | — | 22 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by Catasauqua Area SD. Its one school is below. The largest public high school is Catasauqua SHS, with 467 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catasauqua SHSLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 467 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Allen Township has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 20° and about 33 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Against the 8,142 U.S. towns with household incomes like Allen Township’s, it is less healthy than 57%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Allen Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 1 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 20% of Allen Township adults binge drink.
| Allen Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 34% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 17% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 24% | 25% |
| What stands out | Allen Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 11.1% | 14.5% |
| More uninsured adults | 7% | 5.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Allen Township has about as many jobs (2,645) as working residents, but only 66 people both live and work here. Jobs based here grew from 803 in 2013 to 2,645.
Most working residents leave Allen Township for work: only 2% work in town. 3.1% of residents live below the poverty line in Allen Township. Since 2013, Allen Township has added 1,842 jobs, to 2,645 in 2023.
| Allen Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 3.1% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $103,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.4% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Adults 18 to 34 are 16% of residents (22% statewide). Allen Township has grown 4.2% since 2020, to 5,693 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 31% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 35% across Pennsylvania.
| Allen Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 23% | 21% | 18% |
| Median age | 42.9 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 31% | 29% | 29% |
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.9 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Allen Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.4% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.6% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.7% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.9% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 16% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.9% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.8% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.6% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.9% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 31.9% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 13.2% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 19% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 16.3% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 14.7% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 55% of U.S. communities. Since 2004, 4 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Allen Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
9 within 15 miles of the center of Allen Township
About 7 of every 100 Allen Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Allen Township is a township in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population of Allen Township was 5,462 at the 2020 census. Allen Township is part of the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th-most populous metropolitan area in the U.S. as of the 2020 census.
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7 towns share a border with Allen Township.
All 6 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its B; East Allen Township (B) is closest. North Catasauqua next door grades lower for schools (C+ to Allen Township’s B+) and higher for cost of living (B− to C−).
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Township | #640 | B | C− | — | B+ | B |
| Northampton | #233 | A | B− | A | B+ | B− |
| North Catasauqua | #421 | B+ | B− | A− | C+ | B |
| East Allen Township | #581 | B | C+ | — | B+ | B |
| North Whitehall Township | #133 | A | C+ | — | A | A− |
| Laurys Station | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lehigh Township | #419 | B+ | C | A+ | B+ | B |
| Moore Township | #389 | A− | B− | — | B+ | B |
Allen Township, East Allen Township, North Whitehall Township and Moore Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Laurys Station isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Allen Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Allen Township grades B overall, better than 56% of U.S. towns and #640 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B for health and B+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
Allen Township has 1 place on the National Register of Historic Places. 2 notable people were born here, including George Wolf and John Stoffa.
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