Metro · Density Score
Allentown, PA-NJ
Metro area in Pennsylvania and New Jersey
29 Combined score #78 of 109 metros
- Economic
- 40 #70 of 109
- Innovation (Startup & VC)
- 22 #81 of 109
Allentown ranks #78 overall, #81 in Startup & VC and #70 in Economy among 109 U.S. metros.
Highlights
- #19 of 109: +334 net migration of 25–44 year olds per 100k people
- #37 of 103: 36 patents per 100k people
- #54 of 109: 163 STEM degrees per 100k people
The inputs
Ranks are among the metros with data for each input; higher is better.
- Venture capital per year, per 100k people
- $1.8M #80 of 109
- Early-stage rounds per year, per 100k people
- 0.20 #93 of 109
- Series B+ rounds per year, per 100k people
- 0 #72 of 109
- Startup exits per year, per 100k people
- 0.03 #77 of 102
- GDP per person
- $69K #87 of 109
- Patents per 100k people
- 36 #37 of 103
- STEM degrees per 100k people
- 163 #54 of 109
- Tech share of jobs
- 1.8% #93 of 109
- Net migration of 25–44 year olds, per 100k people
- +334 #19 of 109
Top companies
The largest companies headquartered in this metro, by latest annual revenue.
- Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. $12.0B
- PPL Corporation $9.0B
- Shift4 Payments Inc. $4.2B
- CrossAmerica Partners LP $3.7B
- OraSure Technologies Inc. $115M
Roots Density Data, All Companies (public: SEC filings; private: Forbes Top Private Companies 2025). Ranked by latest annual revenue.
