Chestnut Hill vs Easton

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

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

Easton has the higher population (29,079 vs 6,774 in Chestnut Hill). Chestnut Hill has the higher median household income ($125,417 vs $63,775 in Easton). Chestnut Hill has the higher median home value ($362,800 vs $169,200 in Easton).

Population, income & housing

	Chestnut Hill	Easton
Population	6,774	29,079
Median age	47.2 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$125,417	$63,775
Median home value	$362,800	$169,200
Median gross rent	$1,746	$1,223
Housing units	2,788	11,481
Homeownership rate	91.0%	45.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.5%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chestnut Hill	Easton
Population	6,135 → 6,774 (+10.4%)	27,122 → 29,079 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$124,676 → $125,417 (+0.6%)	$51,698 → $63,775 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$293,400 → $362,800 (+23.7%)	$124,800 → $169,200 (+35.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,453 → $1,746 (+20.2%)	$986 → $1,223 (+24.0%)

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

Easton

Population

27,12229,079

Median household income

$51,698$63,775

Median home value

$124,800$169,200

Median gross rent

$986$1,223

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chestnut Hill	Easton
Under 5	4.7%	4.2%
5 to 17	12.5%	14.7%
18 to 24	8.7%	19.2%
25 to 34	9.6%	14.0%
35 to 44	11.6%	13.5%
45 to 54	12.0%	10.7%
55 to 64	20.0%	10.5%
65 to 74	13.6%	7.6%
75 and over	7.4%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chestnut Hill	Easton
White (non-Hispanic)	76.3%	53.4%
Black or African American	7.5%	13.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.3%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	1.7%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	24.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chestnut Hill	Easton
No high school diploma	4.5%	12.4%
High school graduate	21.2%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	27.9%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	19.6%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chestnut Hill	Easton
Drove alone	69.6%	71.1%
Carpooled	10.1%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	2.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	19.8%	11.7%
Other means	0.4%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chestnut Hill	Easton
1-unit, detached	74.2%	26.0%
1-unit, attached	19.2%	32.4%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	22.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.0%
20 or more units	4.0%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Chestnut Hill	Easton
Poverty rate	4.6%	17.9%
Average household size	2.51	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	34	28
Median year structure built	1997	1938