Bangor vs Hellertown

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

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

Hellertown has the higher population (6,119 vs 5,158 in Bangor). Hellertown has the higher median household income ($76,657 vs $63,542 in Bangor). Hellertown has the higher median home value ($242,500 vs $167,100 in Bangor).

Population, income & housing

	Bangor	Hellertown
Population	5,158	6,119
Median age	36.3 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$63,542	$76,657
Median home value	$167,100	$242,500
Median gross rent	$1,049	$1,227
Housing units	2,234	2,606
Homeownership rate	61.8%	68.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	30.2%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bangor	Hellertown
Population	5,208 → 5,158 (-1.0%)	5,831 → 6,119 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$40,071 → $63,542 (+58.6%)	$68,100 → $76,657 (+12.6%)
Median home value	$160,900 → $167,100 (+3.9%)	$185,400 → $242,500 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $1,049 (+10.4%)	$995 → $1,227 (+23.3%)

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

Hellertown

Population

5,8316,119

Median household income

$68,100$76,657

Median home value

$185,400$242,500

Median gross rent

$995$1,227

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bangor	Hellertown
Under 5	3.9%	5.9%
5 to 17	25.4%	15.5%
18 to 24	8.7%	5.6%
25 to 34	9.6%	11.9%
35 to 44	15.6%	14.0%
45 to 54	12.9%	11.6%
55 to 64	10.3%	14.3%
65 to 74	7.9%	10.7%
75 and over	5.7%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bangor	Hellertown
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	84.5%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	11.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bangor	Hellertown
No high school diploma	10.9%	5.1%
High school graduate	41.9%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bangor	Hellertown
Drove alone	82.9%	75.3%
Carpooled	11.2%	1.6%
Public transit	0.0%	2.1%
Walked	1.8%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	3.2%	16.4%
Other means	1.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bangor	Hellertown
1-unit, detached	46.9%	59.7%
1-unit, attached	25.0%	19.6%
2 to 4 units	14.3%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	4.7%
20 or more units	5.4%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bangor	Hellertown
Poverty rate	10.3%	5.5%
Average household size	2.59	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1938	1951