Chestnut Hill vs Nazareth

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

Chestnut Hill and Nazareth 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 6,032 in Nazareth). Chestnut Hill has the higher median household income ($125,417 vs $57,551 in Nazareth). Chestnut Hill has the higher median home value ($362,800 vs $236,900 in Nazareth).

Population, income & housing

	Chestnut Hill	Nazareth
Population	6,774	6,032
Median age	47.2 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$125,417	$57,551
Median home value	$362,800	$236,900
Median gross rent	$1,746	$1,186
Housing units	2,788	3,204
Homeownership rate	91.0%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.5%	24.4%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chestnut Hill	Nazareth
Population	6,135 → 6,774 (+10.4%)	5,699 → 6,032 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$124,676 → $125,417 (+0.6%)	$56,349 → $57,551 (+2.1%)
Median home value	$293,400 → $362,800 (+23.7%)	$194,600 → $236,900 (+21.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,453 → $1,746 (+20.2%)	$957 → $1,186 (+23.9%)

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

Nazareth

Population

5,6996,032

Median household income

$56,349$57,551

Median home value

$194,600$236,900

Median gross rent

$957$1,186

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chestnut Hill	Nazareth
Under 5	4.7%	3.1%
5 to 17	12.5%	18.5%
18 to 24	8.7%	4.5%
25 to 34	9.6%	13.9%
35 to 44	11.6%	11.4%
45 to 54	12.0%	8.4%
55 to 64	20.0%	16.2%
65 to 74	13.6%	10.6%
75 and over	7.4%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chestnut Hill	Nazareth
White (non-Hispanic)	76.3%	80.2%
Black or African American	7.5%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.3%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chestnut Hill	Nazareth
No high school diploma	4.5%	6.9%
High school graduate	21.2%	39.8%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	27.9%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	19.6%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chestnut Hill	Nazareth
Drove alone	69.6%	79.2%
Carpooled	10.1%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.8%	9.5%
Other means	0.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chestnut Hill	Nazareth
1-unit, detached	74.2%	35.8%
1-unit, attached	19.2%	17.6%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	25.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.9%
20 or more units	4.0%	11.5%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chestnut Hill	Nazareth
Poverty rate	4.6%	15.9%
Average household size	2.51	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	34	25
Median year structure built	1997	1938