ZIP 08501 · Allentown
Who lives in ZIP code 08501 (Allentown, NJ): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Allentown, NJ · Monmouth County
uszips 2026
People6,364
Median age52.5
Household income$146,182
Home value$588,705
Median rent$1,497/mo
Poverty3.3%
College degree+57.7%
Commute32 min
Place
- Metro area
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
- Wider region
- New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA
- Metro division
- Lakewood-New Brunswick, NJ
- Time zone
- Eastern
- Density
- 90 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 2,502
Spans 3 counties
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
28.3% are 65 or older; 81.0% are adults.
Household income
62.1% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $61,021.
Education (adults 25+)
39.9% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
7.0% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 65.6%
- Never married
- 21.4%
- Divorced
- 7.5%
- Widowed
- 5.4%
- Family size
- 2.87
- Dual-income families
- 49.9%
Housing
- Own their home
- 90.4%
- Rent burden
- 23.1%
- Men / women
- 47% / 53%
Work
- In labor force
- 59.6%
- Unemployment
- 8.0%
- Self-employed
- —
- Farmers
- —
Community
- Charitable givers
- —
- Veterans
- 4.2%
- With a disability
- 10.3%
- No health insurance
- 1.5%
- Limited English
- 1.0%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.