Bethlehem vs Northampton

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

Bethlehem and Northampton 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 10,366 in Northampton). Northampton has the higher median household income ($82,719 vs $66,443 in Bethlehem). Bethlehem has the higher median home value ($236,500 vs $225,400 in Northampton).

Population, income & housing

	Bethlehem	Northampton
Population	77,069	10,366
Median age	36.2 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$66,443	$82,719
Median home value	$236,500	$225,400
Median gross rent	$1,311	$1,156
Housing units	32,192	4,801
Homeownership rate	50.7%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.0%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bethlehem	Northampton
Population	75,461 → 77,069 (+2.1%)	9,847 → 10,366 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$55,809 → $66,443 (+19.1%)	$60,285 → $82,719 (+37.2%)
Median home value	$173,500 → $236,500 (+36.3%)	$174,600 → $225,400 (+29.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,038 → $1,311 (+26.3%)	$1,011 → $1,156 (+14.3%)

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

Northampton

Population

9,84710,366

Median household income

$60,285$82,719

Median home value

$174,600$225,400

Median gross rent

$1,011$1,156

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bethlehem	Northampton
Under 5	4.2%	4.2%
5 to 17	12.8%	13.0%
18 to 24	16.5%	7.1%
25 to 34	14.8%	18.1%
35 to 44	12.2%	9.1%
45 to 54	10.5%	13.5%
55 to 64	10.4%	16.1%
65 to 74	10.3%	11.0%
75 and over	8.2%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bethlehem	Northampton
White (non-Hispanic)	55.3%	84.2%
Black or African American	8.4%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	29.4%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bethlehem	Northampton
No high school diploma	10.2%	4.6%
High school graduate	29.0%	41.0%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bethlehem	Northampton
Drove alone	70.0%	74.1%
Carpooled	6.9%	5.9%
Public transit	1.9%	2.1%
Walked	3.2%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.2%	12.5%
Other means	3.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bethlehem	Northampton
1-unit, detached	36.7%	41.5%
1-unit, attached	27.1%	37.4%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	4.4%
20 or more units	9.4%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bethlehem	Northampton
Poverty rate	15.8%	7.1%
Average household size	2.30	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1956	1938