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Based on US Census data for Allentown
32.4 y/o
Median Age
Compared to the US median age of 38.7 y/o
$53.4K
Median Income
Compared to the US median income of $78.5K
$188.9K
Median Home Value
Compared to the US median home value of $303.4K
125.3K
Allentown Population
Compared to the US median city population of 171.9K
Pennsylvania's 835 area code is among the newer overlays planned for the eastern Pennsylvania suburban corridor, sharing geography with the long-running 610 and the more recent 484. Allentown anchors the directory's records here. The city sits along the Lehigh River in eastern Pennsylvania, organized around a downtown that has reshaped itself substantially over the past decade alongside a mix of healthcare, manufacturing, and logistics employment. The 835 designation, part of the North American Numbering Plan, is in the early phases of being prepared for active number assignments.
In records the directory has compiled for 835 numbers, other Pennsylvania cities — Erie, Harrisburg, Lancaster, and New Castle — appear regularly. None of those are inside the 835 footprint. The pattern reflects standard public-record dynamics across Pennsylvania. The directory currently documents 7 distinct prefixes within 835 in detail, an early-stage subset that should be read as the start of working coverage rather than a comprehensive count.
Allentown's home values come in below the US median, with median household income running below the national figure. The city's median age sits a few years under the US reading, and population places Allentown among the larger cities in eastern Pennsylvania. The 835 footprint shares those demographics with 610 and 484 because all three codes serve the same broad geography in overlapping form, and the broader region's economic and demographic profile reflects the long-running mix of higher-income suburban communities along the Main Line, the Lehigh Valley's mid-sized cities, and the surrounding cluster of eastern Pennsylvania communities.

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