Chestnut Hill vs Hellertown

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

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

Chestnut Hill has the higher population (6,774 vs 6,119 in Hellertown). Chestnut Hill has the higher median household income ($125,417 vs $76,657 in Hellertown). Chestnut Hill has the higher median home value ($362,800 vs $242,500 in Hellertown).

Population, income & housing

	Chestnut Hill	Hellertown
Population	6,774	6,119
Median age	47.2 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$125,417	$76,657
Median home value	$362,800	$242,500
Median gross rent	$1,746	$1,227
Housing units	2,788	2,606
Homeownership rate	91.0%	68.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.5%	30.2%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chestnut Hill	Hellertown
Population	6,135 → 6,774 (+10.4%)	5,831 → 6,119 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$124,676 → $125,417 (+0.6%)	$68,100 → $76,657 (+12.6%)
Median home value	$293,400 → $362,800 (+23.7%)	$185,400 → $242,500 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,453 → $1,746 (+20.2%)	$995 → $1,227 (+23.3%)

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

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)

	Chestnut Hill	Hellertown
Under 5	4.7%	5.9%
5 to 17	12.5%	15.5%
18 to 24	8.7%	5.6%
25 to 34	9.6%	11.9%
35 to 44	11.6%	14.0%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.6%
55 to 64	20.0%	14.3%
65 to 74	13.6%	10.7%
75 and over	7.4%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chestnut Hill	Hellertown
White (non-Hispanic)	76.3%	84.5%
Black or African American	7.5%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.3%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	11.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chestnut Hill	Hellertown
No high school diploma	4.5%	5.1%
High school graduate	21.2%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	27.9%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	19.6%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chestnut Hill	Hellertown
Drove alone	69.6%	75.3%
Carpooled	10.1%	1.6%
Public transit	0.0%	2.1%
Walked	0.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	19.8%	16.4%
Other means	0.4%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chestnut Hill	Hellertown
1-unit, detached	74.2%	59.7%
1-unit, attached	19.2%	19.6%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.7%
20 or more units	4.0%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chestnut Hill	Hellertown
Poverty rate	4.6%	5.5%
Average household size	2.51	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	34	25
Median year structure built	1997	1951