Catasauqua vs Emmaus

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

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

Emmaus has the higher population (11,727 vs 6,491 in Catasauqua). Emmaus has the higher median household income ($82,875 vs $74,363 in Catasauqua). Emmaus has the higher median home value ($244,300 vs $201,600 in Catasauqua).

Population, income & housing

	Catasauqua	Emmaus
Population	6,491	11,727
Median age	38.9 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$74,363	$82,875
Median home value	$201,600	$244,300
Median gross rent	$1,130	$1,331
Housing units	2,891	4,973
Homeownership rate	73.3%	67.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	29.5%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Catasauqua	Emmaus
Population	6,568 → 6,491 (-1.2%)	11,391 → 11,727 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$59,460 → $74,363 (+25.1%)	$59,026 → $82,875 (+40.4%)
Median home value	$148,400 → $201,600 (+35.8%)	$184,900 → $244,300 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	$947 → $1,130 (+19.3%)	$1,091 → $1,331 (+22.0%)

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

Emmaus

Population

11,39111,727

Median household income

$59,026$82,875

Median home value

$184,900$244,300

Median gross rent

$1,091$1,331

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Catasauqua	Emmaus
Under 5	6.7%	6.8%
5 to 17	16.3%	13.6%
18 to 24	10.5%	7.5%
25 to 34	12.8%	15.0%
35 to 44	14.8%	16.9%
45 to 54	12.9%	14.0%
55 to 64	11.4%	11.2%
65 to 74	9.5%	7.7%
75 and over	5.2%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Catasauqua	Emmaus
White (non-Hispanic)	79.8%	84.1%
Black or African American	2.6%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Catasauqua	Emmaus
No high school diploma	6.2%	7.0%
High school graduate	35.4%	38.6%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Catasauqua	Emmaus
Drove alone	78.9%	77.5%
Carpooled	6.9%	8.9%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	10.5%	11.0%
Other means	0.7%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Catasauqua	Emmaus
1-unit, detached	35.5%	48.3%
1-unit, attached	38.4%	26.9%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	9.9%
20 or more units	6.1%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Catasauqua	Emmaus
Poverty rate	8.3%	5.8%
Average household size	2.36	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1945	1957