Allentown is waiting for its first neighbor
Every town starts quiet. Join Allentown, say hello, and every post, reply and fact you add earns karma and warms the town up.
Every post, reply and helpful vote fills the heart. It always reflects the last 30 days.
What kind of neighbors does Allentown have?
Read from the town’s members and the Census. The page puts what stands out first.
Owner-occupied: 43 of every 100 households in Allentown
From 2010 to 2020 the population changed by +7%. About 126,044 people call Allentown home (2025 Census estimate). A bachelor’s degree or more: 19 in every 100 adults 25 and older. Home workers make up 9 in 100 workers (PA: 16).
Median age 33.1 (PA 40.9).
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median age: women 34.1, men 32.2.
Counted by household.
Adults 25 and older. 6.6% of all residents are in college now.
The commute averages 25 minutes each way.
Ways to pitch in
Karma is how Allentown says thanks. The ladder’s higher rungs unlock editing the handbook.
Neighbors next door
None of the 9 bordering towns has a member yet either. Invite a friend next door.
Start the first group in Allentown
A group gives neighbors a reason to come back. It takes 30 seconds.
What Allentown’s neighbors have built
Nothing yet. Every post, reply and fact adds a patch to the quilt.
Neighbors are members whose home town is Allentown or who have posted here. Karma counts contributions across TownRatings: a post +5, a reply +2, a confirmed guide fact +10, an old photo +10, a confirmed place +10. “This month” counts only what was added in Allentown in the last 30 days. Town Love is a rolling 30-day score of posts, replies and helpful votes, weighted toward many voices. Who lives here: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020-2024; rounded to 100 people.