Bangor vs Chestnut Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Bangor and Chestnut Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chestnut Hill has the higher population (6,774 vs 5,158 in Bangor). Chestnut Hill has the higher median household income ($125,417 vs $63,542 in Bangor). Chestnut Hill has the higher median home value ($362,800 vs $167,100 in Bangor).

Population, income & housing

	Bangor	Chestnut Hill
Population	5,158	6,774
Median age	36.3 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$63,542	$125,417
Median home value	$167,100	$362,800
Median gross rent	$1,049	$1,746
Housing units	2,234	2,788
Homeownership rate	61.8%	91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	47.5%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bangor	Chestnut Hill
Population	5,208 → 5,158 (-1.0%)	6,135 → 6,774 (+10.4%)
Median household income	$40,071 → $63,542 (+58.6%)	$124,676 → $125,417 (+0.6%)
Median home value	$160,900 → $167,100 (+3.9%)	$293,400 → $362,800 (+23.7%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $1,049 (+10.4%)	$1,453 → $1,746 (+20.2%)

Bangor

Population

5,2085,158

Median household income

$40,071$63,542

Median home value

$160,900$167,100

Median gross rent

$950$1,049

Chestnut Hill

Population

6,1356,774

Median household income

$124,676$125,417

Median home value

$293,400$362,800

Median gross rent

$1,453$1,746

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bangor	Chestnut Hill
Under 5	3.9%	4.7%
5 to 17	25.4%	12.5%
18 to 24	8.7%	8.7%
25 to 34	9.6%	9.6%
35 to 44	15.6%	11.6%
45 to 54	12.9%	12.0%
55 to 64	10.3%	20.0%
65 to 74	7.9%	13.6%
75 and over	5.7%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bangor	Chestnut Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	76.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	7.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	10.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bangor	Chestnut Hill
No high school diploma	10.9%	4.5%
High school graduate	41.9%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	19.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bangor	Chestnut Hill
Drove alone	82.9%	69.6%
Carpooled	11.2%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	19.8%
Other means	1.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bangor	Chestnut Hill
1-unit, detached	46.9%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	25.0%	19.2%
2 to 4 units	14.3%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.4%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Bangor	Chestnut Hill
Poverty rate	10.3%	4.6%
Average household size	2.59	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	26	34
Median year structure built	1938	1997