Allentown, New Jersey.
Typical home $746,168 (+6.1% in a year). New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$2,200 (+128%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $42,644 +6%
- $703,524$746,168 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $187,704 +34%
- $558,464$746,168 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Allentown$3,916
- New Jersey$3,019
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 12 years.
Typical home values in Allentown, NJ rose 6.1% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Allentown, Monmouth County, New Jersey
Allentown is a borough of 1,734 people in Monmouth County. Half its households earn more than $120,714 a year and half less, against $124,845 across Monmouth County; 4% of its people live below the poverty line. 72% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 28% are rented. Unemployment in Monmouth County was 4.2% in August 2026, and the county had 1.8% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then professional services.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Allentown is a small borough, home to fewer people than most towns its age. Households here have incomes a little below the county's, and a good share of adults hold a four-year degree. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and poverty is uncommon. Winters are cold and snowy, summers are warm, and rain and melted snow fall throughout the year.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by professional and business services, shops, and banks, insurance and property. Across Monmouth County, some of the largest workplaces are Jersey Shore University MED CTR, Monmouth Medical Center and Barnabas Health Medical Group. Unemployment across the county is lower than it was a year earlier, and the county has added jobs. A fair number of residents work from home, and the typical commute is a bit longer than many people would like.
Things to do. Six Flags Great Adventure, a theme park with a zoo, is a short drive away, along with roller coasters such as Kingda Ka and El Toro. The New Jersey State House, which also serves as a museum, is a short drive away too. Princeton Art Museum is a longer drive.
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- 676households
- 53%of adults have a degree
- 4%below the poverty line
- 30 mintypical commute
- 21%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Monmouth County had 279,012 jobs in 2025, 1.8% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 40° and lows near 21°; warmest in July, with highs near 87° and lows near 63°. About 24 inches of snow and 47 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Hightstown West weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Monmouth County
- Atrium Payroll ServicesBusiness services - staffing20,000
- Barnabas Health Medical GroupMedical doctors' offices4,575
- Jersey Shore University MED CTRGeneral hospital4,243FTE
- FDM Associates Inc - SFSGeneral stores2,689
- AT&TWired telecommunications carriers1,782
- Monmouth Medical CenterGeneral hospital1,758FTE
- Middletown Township Public School DistrictSchool district1,597FTE
- Centrastate Medical CenterGeneral hospital1,554FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 348 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 78,884 people in all across the county; Allentown has one of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Strong windRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Allentown’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Monmouth County and the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metro.
Allentown home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Allentown$746,168
- New Jersey$575,123
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 10 Allentown listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Allentown9.91%
- United States26.36%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Allentown21
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Allentown10
Zip codes with a Allentown address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Allentown — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.