Macungie vs Slatington

A side-by-side comparison of Macungie and Slatington: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Slatington has the higher population (4,277 vs 3,247 in Macungie). Macungie has the higher median household income ($74,056 vs $50,170 in Slatington). Macungie has the higher median home value ($293,900 vs $177,300 in Slatington).

Population, income & housing

	Macungie	Slatington
Population	3,247	4,277
Median age	43.0 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$74,056	$50,170
Median home value	$293,900	$177,300
Median gross rent	$1,679	$744
Housing units	1,507	1,939
Homeownership rate	47.9%	59.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.4%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Macungie	Slatington
Population	3,155 → 3,247 (+2.9%)	4,291 → 4,277 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$67,586 → $74,056 (+9.6%)	$50,595 → $50,170 (-0.8%)
Median home value	$183,500 → $293,900 (+60.2%)	$138,300 → $177,300 (+28.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,203 → $1,679 (+39.6%)	$807 → $744 (-7.8%)

Macungie

Population

3,1553,247

Median household income

$67,586$74,056

Median home value

$183,500$293,900

Median gross rent

$1,203$1,679

Slatington

Population

4,2914,277

Median household income

$50,595$50,170

Median home value

$138,300$177,300

Median gross rent

$807$744

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Macungie	Slatington
Under 5	2.5%	9.6%
5 to 17	18.0%	19.7%
18 to 24	9.4%	2.3%
25 to 34	12.4%	19.9%
35 to 44	10.5%	12.7%
45 to 54	21.5%	7.7%
55 to 64	12.4%	10.8%
65 to 74	8.2%	10.5%
75 and over	5.0%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Macungie	Slatington
White (non-Hispanic)	70.7%	83.6%
Black or African American	3.9%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	22.5%	15.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Macungie	Slatington
No high school diploma	3.8%	11.0%
High school graduate	30.5%	48.5%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.0%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Macungie	Slatington
Drove alone	86.0%	78.0%
Carpooled	2.0%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	7.0%	9.9%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Macungie	Slatington
1-unit, detached	29.5%	38.3%
1-unit, attached	38.5%	30.8%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	19.1%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	3.9%
20 or more units	3.0%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Macungie	Slatington
Poverty rate	18.8%	22.4%
Average household size	2.25	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1983	1938