Bethlehem vs Chestnut Hill

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

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

Bethlehem has the higher population (77,069 vs 6,774 in Chestnut Hill). Chestnut Hill has the higher median household income ($125,417 vs $66,443 in Bethlehem). Chestnut Hill has the higher median home value ($362,800 vs $236,500 in Bethlehem).

Population, income & housing

	Bethlehem	Chestnut Hill
Population	77,069	6,774
Median age	36.2 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$66,443	$125,417
Median home value	$236,500	$362,800
Median gross rent	$1,311	$1,746
Housing units	32,192	2,788
Homeownership rate	50.7%	91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.0%	47.5%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethlehem	Chestnut Hill
Population	75,461 → 77,069 (+2.1%)	6,135 → 6,774 (+10.4%)
Median household income	$55,809 → $66,443 (+19.1%)	$124,676 → $125,417 (+0.6%)
Median home value	$173,500 → $236,500 (+36.3%)	$293,400 → $362,800 (+23.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,038 → $1,311 (+26.3%)	$1,453 → $1,746 (+20.2%)

Bethlehem

Population

75,46177,069

Median household income

$55,809$66,443

Median home value

$173,500$236,500

Median gross rent

$1,038$1,311

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)

	Bethlehem	Chestnut Hill
Under 5	4.2%	4.7%
5 to 17	12.8%	12.5%
18 to 24	16.5%	8.7%
25 to 34	14.8%	9.6%
35 to 44	12.2%	11.6%
45 to 54	10.5%	12.0%
55 to 64	10.4%	20.0%
65 to 74	10.3%	13.6%
75 and over	8.2%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethlehem	Chestnut Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	55.3%	76.3%
Black or African American	8.4%	7.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	10.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	29.4%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethlehem	Chestnut Hill
No high school diploma	10.2%	4.5%
High school graduate	29.0%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	19.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethlehem	Chestnut Hill
Drove alone	70.0%	69.6%
Carpooled	6.9%	10.1%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	3.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.2%	19.8%
Other means	3.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethlehem	Chestnut Hill
1-unit, detached	36.7%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	27.1%	19.2%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.4%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Bethlehem	Chestnut Hill
Poverty rate	15.8%	4.6%
Average household size	2.30	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	22	34
Median year structure built	1956	1997