Ancient Oaks vs Catasauqua

A side-by-side comparison of Ancient Oaks and Catasauqua: population, income, housing, and more.

Ancient Oaks and Catasauqua are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ancient Oaks has the higher population (7,731 vs 6,491 in Catasauqua). Ancient Oaks has the higher median household income ($119,419 vs $74,363 in Catasauqua). Ancient Oaks has the higher median home value ($404,700 vs $201,600 in Catasauqua).

Population, income & housing

	Ancient Oaks	Catasauqua
Population	7,731	6,491
Median age	43.5 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$119,419	$74,363
Median home value	$404,700	$201,600
Median gross rent	$1,830	$1,130
Housing units	2,678	2,891
Homeownership rate	80.4%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.9%	32.5%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ancient Oaks	Catasauqua
Population	7,387 → 7,731 (+4.7%)	6,568 → 6,491 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$110,000 → $119,419 (+8.6%)	$59,460 → $74,363 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$293,300 → $404,700 (+38.0%)	$148,400 → $201,600 (+35.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,558 → $1,830 (+17.5%)	$947 → $1,130 (+19.3%)

Ancient Oaks

Population

7,3877,731

Median household income

$110,000$119,419

Median home value

$293,300$404,700

Median gross rent

$1,558$1,830

Catasauqua

Population

6,5686,491

Median household income

$59,460$74,363

Median home value

$148,400$201,600

Median gross rent

$947$1,130

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ancient Oaks	Catasauqua
Under 5	4.0%	6.7%
5 to 17	25.5%	16.3%
18 to 24	5.2%	10.5%
25 to 34	6.4%	12.8%
35 to 44	13.8%	14.8%
45 to 54	15.7%	12.9%
55 to 64	12.2%	11.4%
65 to 74	11.9%	9.5%
75 and over	5.3%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ancient Oaks	Catasauqua
White (non-Hispanic)	76.9%	79.8%
Black or African American	2.1%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	16.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ancient Oaks	Catasauqua
No high school diploma	3.4%	6.2%
High school graduate	14.7%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	34.7%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	22.2%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ancient Oaks	Catasauqua
Drove alone	72.1%	78.9%
Carpooled	2.2%	6.9%
Public transit	0.4%	1.0%
Walked	2.4%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.5%	10.5%
Other means	0.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ancient Oaks	Catasauqua
1-unit, detached	71.1%	35.5%
1-unit, attached	9.9%	38.4%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	13.8%	9.8%
20 or more units	1.6%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ancient Oaks	Catasauqua
Poverty rate	1.4%	8.3%
Average household size	2.99	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1998	1945