Catasauqua vs Fountain Hill

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

Catasauqua and Fountain Hill 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 4,811 in Fountain Hill). Catasauqua has the higher median household income ($74,363 vs $54,615 in Fountain Hill). Fountain Hill has the higher median home value ($223,600 vs $201,600 in Catasauqua).

Population, income & housing

	Catasauqua	Fountain Hill
Population	6,491	4,811
Median age	38.9 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$74,363	$54,615
Median home value	$201,600	$223,600
Median gross rent	$1,130	$1,026
Housing units	2,891	1,893
Homeownership rate	73.3%	60.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Catasauqua	Fountain Hill
Population	6,568 → 6,491 (-1.2%)	4,683 → 4,811 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$59,460 → $74,363 (+25.1%)	$46,621 → $54,615 (+17.1%)
Median home value	$148,400 → $201,600 (+35.8%)	$140,400 → $223,600 (+59.3%)
Median gross rent	$947 → $1,130 (+19.3%)	$806 → $1,026 (+27.3%)

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

Fountain Hill

Population

4,6834,811

Median household income

$46,621$54,615

Median home value

$140,400$223,600

Median gross rent

$806$1,026

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Catasauqua	Fountain Hill
Under 5	6.7%	7.2%
5 to 17	16.3%	15.3%
18 to 24	10.5%	5.9%
25 to 34	12.8%	16.1%
35 to 44	14.8%	13.0%
45 to 54	12.9%	15.4%
55 to 64	11.4%	8.9%
65 to 74	9.5%	8.1%
75 and over	5.2%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Catasauqua	Fountain Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	79.8%	58.7%
Black or African American	2.6%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	38.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Catasauqua	Fountain Hill
No high school diploma	6.2%	12.3%
High school graduate	35.4%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Catasauqua	Fountain Hill
Drove alone	78.9%	72.3%
Carpooled	6.9%	8.3%
Public transit	1.0%	2.6%
Walked	2.1%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	7.5%
Other means	0.7%	8.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Catasauqua	Fountain Hill
1-unit, detached	35.5%	35.8%
1-unit, attached	38.4%	32.6%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	15.4%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	5.5%
20 or more units	6.1%	10.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Catasauqua	Fountain Hill
Poverty rate	8.3%	16.3%
Average household size	2.36	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1945	1945