Catasauqua vs Fullerton

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

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

Fullerton has the higher population (16,729 vs 6,491 in Catasauqua). Catasauqua has the higher median household income ($74,363 vs $63,357 in Fullerton). Fullerton has the higher median home value ($229,900 vs $201,600 in Catasauqua).

Population, income & housing

	Catasauqua	Fullerton
Population	6,491	16,729
Median age	38.9 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$74,363	$63,357
Median home value	$201,600	$229,900
Median gross rent	$1,130	$1,381
Housing units	2,891	6,779
Homeownership rate	73.3%	51.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Catasauqua	Fullerton
Population	6,568 → 6,491 (-1.2%)	15,787 → 16,729 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$59,460 → $74,363 (+25.1%)	$59,368 → $63,357 (+6.7%)
Median home value	$148,400 → $201,600 (+35.8%)	$177,900 → $229,900 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$947 → $1,130 (+19.3%)	$1,122 → $1,381 (+23.1%)

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

Fullerton

Population

15,78716,729

Median household income

$59,368$63,357

Median home value

$177,900$229,900

Median gross rent

$1,122$1,381

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Catasauqua	Fullerton
Under 5	6.7%	6.6%
5 to 17	16.3%	15.5%
18 to 24	10.5%	10.1%
25 to 34	12.8%	19.6%
35 to 44	14.8%	14.0%
45 to 54	12.9%	11.9%
55 to 64	11.4%	10.8%
65 to 74	9.5%	6.9%
75 and over	5.2%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Catasauqua	Fullerton
White (non-Hispanic)	79.8%	49.4%
Black or African American	2.6%	12.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	32.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Catasauqua	Fullerton
No high school diploma	6.2%	8.0%
High school graduate	35.4%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Catasauqua	Fullerton
Drove alone	78.9%	79.0%
Carpooled	6.9%	11.6%
Public transit	1.0%	1.5%
Walked	2.1%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	5.5%
Other means	0.7%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Catasauqua	Fullerton
1-unit, detached	35.5%	40.6%
1-unit, attached	38.4%	19.0%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	26.3%
20 or more units	6.1%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Catasauqua	Fullerton
Poverty rate	8.3%	15.8%
Average household size	2.36	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1945	1965