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Place dossier plate
SheetPA-LOWER-ALLEN-PA ยท Lower Allen, PA 7,582 pop ยท income 67th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Lower Allen
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Lower Allen on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Arcadia ยท lowest
38,388
Arcadia ยท lowest
38,388 median HH income
34.1% of the leader ยท rank #1
Middleton ยท near
85,526
Middleton ยท near
85,526 median HH income
76.0% of the leader ยท rank #2
Holiday Valley ยท near
85,536
Holiday Valley ยท near
85,536 median HH income
76.0% of the leader ยท rank #3
Lower Allen ยท this city
85,537
Lower Allen ยท this city
85,537 median HH income
76.0% of the leader ยท rank #4
Hickory Hills ยท near
85,541
Hickory Hills ยท near
85,541 median HH income
76.0% of the leader ยท rank #5
Clifton Gardeโฆ ยท near
85,551
Clifton Gardeโฆ ยท near
85,551 median HH income
76.0% of the leader ยท rank #6
Baywood ยท highest
112,546
Baywood ยท highest
112,546 median HH income
100.0% of the leader ยท rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Lower Allen on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 7,582.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Lower Allen places in the 67th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
67th
percentile, household income
55th
percentile, home value
54th
percentile, median rent
๐ How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Lower Allen, PA
Lower Allen is a small town in Pennsylvania, home to 7,582 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $85,537 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 1.2%. Lower Allen's housing stock carries a median value of $246,100, and the median resident age is 38.6 years. 48.2% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 67.8% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Pennsylvania tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: the state registers 97.6 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Near Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,225 per month statewide. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Pennsylvania run around $260, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Natural-hazard exposure scores 67.4 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Lower Allen's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from housing and income to comparison shortlist to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Lower Allen, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
How far does income reach against housing in Lower Allen?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 2.9 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 1.2%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
Which cities make useful reference points for Lower Allen?
Within Pennsylvania, the closest population matches are Ellwood City (7,575 residents, $62,266 income); Blandon (7,546 residents, $109,775 income); Pittston (7,618 residents, $47,525 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Baywood, NY (7,577 residents); Ojai, CA (7,576 residents); London, KY (7,576 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
What does the journey to work look like in Lower Allen?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 77.2%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Above median income ยท poverty 1.2% (Very low poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
97.6 (US=100)
Near national cost ยท BEA RPP 2024, Pennsylvania average
B
City profile score ยท Lower Allen, PA
71/100
4 published dimensions ยท ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Poverty rate A+
1.2%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share A-
48.2%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income B-
$85,537
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop โฅ1,000); ACS.
Cost of living C-
97.6 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 โ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Lower Allen profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 91/100 (A+) ยท 1.2%
Bachelor's+ share: 82/100 (A-) ยท 48.2%
Household income: 65/100 (B-) ยท $85,537
Cost of living: 50/100 (C-) ยท 97.6 index
How does Lower Allen compare to other US cities?
Lower Allen measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income67% higher than other cities
Home value55% pricier than other cities
Median rent54% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Lower Allen against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Pennsylvania only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Pennsylvania-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Lower Allen near the bottom of Pennsylvania's cities
Among the 1,865 Pennsylvania cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Lower Allen ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Lower Allen only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#439 of 1,765
75th percentile in Pennsylvania
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,865
0th percentile in Pennsylvania
Median Home Value
#388 of 1,790
78th percentile in Pennsylvania
Poverty Rate
#1,407 of 1,856
24th percentile in Pennsylvania
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#176 of 1,861
91st percentile in Pennsylvania
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Pennsylvania only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
67th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Lower Allen's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$246,10045th percentilemore affordable than 45% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates ยท 2023
Lower Allen's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.9ร
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0ร
National rank
#5,992 of 15,516
More affordable than 61% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#5,155 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.9ร, Lower Allen sits in the affordable band:
national rank #5,992 of 15,516 and #5,155 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value รท median household income for cities with both fields and population โฅ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0โ5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$85,537Lower Allen, PA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Lower Allen, PA median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Lower Allen, PA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)48.2%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)1.2%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)67.8%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
7,582
Median Income
$85,537
Median Home Value
$246,100
Median Age
38.6
Poverty Rate
1.2%
Labor force participation
67.8%
Bachelor's Degree+
48.2%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
77.2%
Carpool
7.1%
Public Transit
0.6%
Walk
0.3%
Work from Home
12.2%
Other
2.6%
Based on 3,979 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Pennsylvania statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $260
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Pennsylvania at $260 (electricity about $120 , water and sewer about $52 ).
These are Pennsylvania statewide averages, not a meter reading for Lower Allen. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Pennsylvania's BEA cost-of-living index is 97.6 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Lower Allen is $1,225/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Pennsylvania statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 67.4 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Pennsylvania statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Lower Allen sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Lower Allen compares to similar-size Pennsylvania cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.