Hazleton vs Mountain Top

A side-by-side comparison of Hazleton and Mountain Top: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hazleton has the higher population (29,886 vs 11,856 in Mountain Top). Mountain Top has the higher median household income ($105,286 vs $43,379 in Hazleton). Mountain Top has the higher median home value ($274,600 vs $129,000 in Hazleton).

Population, income & housing

	Hazleton	Mountain Top
Population	29,886	11,856
Median age	37.6 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$43,379	$105,286
Median home value	$129,000	$274,600
Median gross rent	$1,015	$843
Housing units	12,681	4,577
Homeownership rate	48.5%	89.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	44.6%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hazleton	Mountain Top
Population	24,857 → 29,886 (+20.2%)	11,489 → 11,856 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$40,467 → $43,379 (+7.2%)	$85,560 → $105,286 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$97,900 → $129,000 (+31.8%)	$211,800 → $274,600 (+29.7%)
Median gross rent	$812 → $1,015 (+25.0%)	$714 → $843 (+18.1%)

Hazleton

Population

24,85729,886

Median household income

$40,467$43,379

Median home value

$97,900$129,000

Median gross rent

$812$1,015

Mountain Top

Population

11,48911,856

Median household income

$85,560$105,286

Median home value

$211,800$274,600

Median gross rent

$714$843

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hazleton	Mountain Top
Under 5	6.4%	3.7%
5 to 17	17.3%	21.6%
18 to 24	10.6%	6.1%
25 to 34	12.4%	6.3%
35 to 44	12.2%	13.8%
45 to 54	14.3%	19.0%
55 to 64	11.9%	12.1%
65 to 74	6.9%	12.1%
75 and over	8.2%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hazleton	Mountain Top
White (non-Hispanic)	33.7%	88.0%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.8%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	63.1%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hazleton	Mountain Top
No high school diploma	25.0%	3.9%
High school graduate	37.7%	21.9%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	17.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hazleton	Mountain Top
Drove alone	67.6%	74.9%
Carpooled	23.4%	8.0%
Public transit	2.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	16.5%
Other means	1.6%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hazleton	Mountain Top
1-unit, detached	39.1%	84.7%
1-unit, attached	32.2%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	17.5%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	0.4%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Hazleton	Mountain Top
Poverty rate	27.0%	8.2%
Average household size	2.56	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1951	1985