Bangor vs Palmer Heights

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

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

Bangor has the higher population (5,158 vs 3,963 in Palmer Heights). Palmer Heights has the higher median household income ($115,292 vs $63,542 in Bangor). Palmer Heights has the higher median home value ($289,400 vs $167,100 in Bangor).

Population, income & housing

	Bangor	Palmer Heights
Population	5,158	3,963
Median age	36.3 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$63,542	$115,292
Median home value	$167,100	$289,400
Median gross rent	$1,049	$1,411
Housing units	2,234	1,435
Homeownership rate	61.8%	96.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	39.0%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bangor	Palmer Heights
Population	5,208 → 5,158 (-1.0%)	3,837 → 3,963 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$40,071 → $63,542 (+58.6%)	$81,908 → $115,292 (+40.8%)
Median home value	$160,900 → $167,100 (+3.9%)	$206,800 → $289,400 (+39.9%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $1,049 (+10.4%)	$1,176 → $1,411 (+20.0%)

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

Palmer Heights

Population

3,8373,963

Median household income

$81,908$115,292

Median home value

$206,800$289,400

Median gross rent

$1,176$1,411

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bangor	Palmer Heights
Under 5	3.9%	3.1%
5 to 17	25.4%	17.8%
18 to 24	8.7%	2.8%
25 to 34	9.6%	8.3%
35 to 44	15.6%	10.4%
45 to 54	12.9%	18.7%
55 to 64	10.3%	11.6%
65 to 74	7.9%	16.1%
75 and over	5.7%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bangor	Palmer Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	83.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bangor	Palmer Heights
No high school diploma	10.9%	5.5%
High school graduate	41.9%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	25.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bangor	Palmer Heights
Drove alone	82.9%	86.9%
Carpooled	11.2%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	3.2%	5.5%
Other means	1.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bangor	Palmer Heights
1-unit, detached	46.9%	92.5%
1-unit, attached	25.0%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	14.3%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bangor	Palmer Heights
Poverty rate	10.3%	2.1%
Average household size	2.59	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1938	1965