Catasauqua vs Dorneyville

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

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

Catasauqua has the higher population (6,491 vs 5,082 in Dorneyville). Dorneyville has the higher median household income ($126,306 vs $74,363 in Catasauqua). Dorneyville has the higher median home value ($379,800 vs $201,600 in Catasauqua).

Population, income & housing

	Catasauqua	Dorneyville
Population	6,491	5,082
Median age	38.9 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$74,363	$126,306
Median home value	$201,600	$379,800
Median gross rent	$1,130	$2,093
Housing units	2,891	1,939
Homeownership rate	73.3%	92.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	58.4%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Catasauqua	Dorneyville
Population	6,568 → 6,491 (-1.2%)	4,224 → 5,082 (+20.3%)
Median household income	$59,460 → $74,363 (+25.1%)	$95,019 → $126,306 (+32.9%)
Median home value	$148,400 → $201,600 (+35.8%)	$260,700 → $379,800 (+45.7%)
Median gross rent	$947 → $1,130 (+19.3%)	$1,371 → $2,093 (+52.7%)

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

Dorneyville

Population

4,2245,082

Median household income

$95,019$126,306

Median home value

$260,700$379,800

Median gross rent

$1,371$2,093

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Catasauqua	Dorneyville
Under 5	6.7%	3.4%
5 to 17	16.3%	19.4%
18 to 24	10.5%	8.4%
25 to 34	12.8%	5.5%
35 to 44	14.8%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.9%	19.1%
55 to 64	11.4%	8.9%
65 to 74	9.5%	14.5%
75 and over	5.2%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Catasauqua	Dorneyville
White (non-Hispanic)	79.8%	71.5%
Black or African American	2.6%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	5.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	18.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Catasauqua	Dorneyville
No high school diploma	6.2%	1.6%
High school graduate	35.4%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	19.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	33.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	25.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Catasauqua	Dorneyville
Drove alone	78.9%	85.8%
Carpooled	6.9%	0.4%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	13.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Catasauqua	Dorneyville
1-unit, detached	35.5%	97.0%
1-unit, attached	38.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	1.0%
20 or more units	6.1%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Catasauqua	Dorneyville
Poverty rate	8.3%	6.9%
Average household size	2.36	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	23	30
Median year structure built	1945	1967