Chestnut Hill vs Northampton

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

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

Northampton has the higher population (10,366 vs 6,774 in Chestnut Hill). Chestnut Hill has the higher median household income ($125,417 vs $82,719 in Northampton). Chestnut Hill has the higher median home value ($362,800 vs $225,400 in Northampton).

Population, income & housing

	Chestnut Hill	Northampton
Population	6,774	10,366
Median age	47.2 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$125,417	$82,719
Median home value	$362,800	$225,400
Median gross rent	$1,746	$1,156
Housing units	2,788	4,801
Homeownership rate	91.0%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.5%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chestnut Hill	Northampton
Population	6,135 → 6,774 (+10.4%)	9,847 → 10,366 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$124,676 → $125,417 (+0.6%)	$60,285 → $82,719 (+37.2%)
Median home value	$293,400 → $362,800 (+23.7%)	$174,600 → $225,400 (+29.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,453 → $1,746 (+20.2%)	$1,011 → $1,156 (+14.3%)

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

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)

	Chestnut Hill	Northampton
Under 5	4.7%	4.2%
5 to 17	12.5%	13.0%
18 to 24	8.7%	7.1%
25 to 34	9.6%	18.1%
35 to 44	11.6%	9.1%
45 to 54	12.0%	13.5%
55 to 64	20.0%	16.1%
65 to 74	13.6%	11.0%
75 and over	7.4%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chestnut Hill	Northampton
White (non-Hispanic)	76.3%	84.2%
Black or African American	7.5%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.3%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chestnut Hill	Northampton
No high school diploma	4.5%	4.6%
High school graduate	21.2%	41.0%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	27.9%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	19.6%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chestnut Hill	Northampton
Drove alone	69.6%	74.1%
Carpooled	10.1%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	2.1%
Walked	0.0%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.8%	12.5%
Other means	0.4%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chestnut Hill	Northampton
1-unit, detached	74.2%	41.5%
1-unit, attached	19.2%	37.4%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.4%
20 or more units	4.0%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chestnut Hill	Northampton
Poverty rate	4.6%	7.1%
Average household size	2.51	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	34	27
Median year structure built	1997	1938