Catasauqua vs Wescosville

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

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

Wescosville has the higher population (7,156 vs 6,491 in Catasauqua). Wescosville has the higher median household income ($124,719 vs $74,363 in Catasauqua). Wescosville has the higher median home value ($428,800 vs $201,600 in Catasauqua).

Population, income & housing

	Catasauqua	Wescosville
Population	6,491	7,156
Median age	38.9 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$74,363	$124,719
Median home value	$201,600	$428,800
Median gross rent	$1,130	$1,498
Housing units	2,891	2,697
Homeownership rate	73.3%	88.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	48.3%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Catasauqua	Wescosville
Population	6,568 → 6,491 (-1.2%)	6,694 → 7,156 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$59,460 → $74,363 (+25.1%)	$86,940 → $124,719 (+43.5%)
Median home value	$148,400 → $201,600 (+35.8%)	$303,600 → $428,800 (+41.2%)
Median gross rent	$947 → $1,130 (+19.3%)	$1,345 → $1,498 (+11.4%)

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

Wescosville

Population

6,6947,156

Median household income

$86,940$124,719

Median home value

$303,600$428,800

Median gross rent

$1,345$1,498

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Catasauqua	Wescosville
Under 5	6.7%	5.2%
5 to 17	16.3%	18.4%
18 to 24	10.5%	8.8%
25 to 34	12.8%	8.1%
35 to 44	14.8%	12.4%
45 to 54	12.9%	12.4%
55 to 64	11.4%	17.0%
65 to 74	9.5%	9.9%
75 and over	5.2%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Catasauqua	Wescosville
White (non-Hispanic)	79.8%	75.2%
Black or African American	2.6%	7.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	2.4%
Two or more races	1.4%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Catasauqua	Wescosville
No high school diploma	6.2%	4.8%
High school graduate	35.4%	22.7%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	30.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	17.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Catasauqua	Wescosville
Drove alone	78.9%	75.3%
Carpooled	6.9%	10.0%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	13.6%
Other means	0.7%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Catasauqua	Wescosville
1-unit, detached	35.5%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	38.4%	10.0%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	6.0%
20 or more units	6.1%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Catasauqua	Wescosville
Poverty rate	8.3%	4.7%
Average household size	2.36	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1945	1984