Easton vs Hellertown

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

Easton and Hellertown 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 6,119 in Hellertown). Hellertown has the higher median household income ($76,657 vs $63,775 in Easton). Hellertown has the higher median home value ($242,500 vs $169,200 in Easton).

Population, income & housing

	Easton	Hellertown
Population	29,079	6,119
Median age	33.5 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$63,775	$76,657
Median home value	$169,200	$242,500
Median gross rent	$1,223	$1,227
Housing units	11,481	2,606
Homeownership rate	45.2%	68.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.6%	30.2%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Easton	Hellertown
Population	27,122 → 29,079 (+7.2%)	5,831 → 6,119 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$51,698 → $63,775 (+23.4%)	$68,100 → $76,657 (+12.6%)
Median home value	$124,800 → $169,200 (+35.6%)	$185,400 → $242,500 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$986 → $1,223 (+24.0%)	$995 → $1,227 (+23.3%)

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

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)

	Easton	Hellertown
Under 5	4.2%	5.9%
5 to 17	14.7%	15.5%
18 to 24	19.2%	5.6%
25 to 34	14.0%	11.9%
35 to 44	13.5%	14.0%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.6%
55 to 64	10.5%	14.3%
65 to 74	7.6%	10.7%
75 and over	5.7%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Easton	Hellertown
White (non-Hispanic)	53.4%	84.5%
Black or African American	13.9%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.9%
Two or more races	5.3%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	24.5%	11.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Easton	Hellertown
No high school diploma	12.4%	5.1%
High school graduate	35.8%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Easton	Hellertown
Drove alone	71.1%	75.3%
Carpooled	7.0%	1.6%
Public transit	2.0%	2.1%
Walked	5.5%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.6%	1.1%
Worked from home	11.7%	16.4%
Other means	2.1%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Easton	Hellertown
1-unit, detached	26.0%	59.7%
1-unit, attached	32.4%	19.6%
2 to 4 units	22.4%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	4.7%
20 or more units	7.9%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Easton	Hellertown
Poverty rate	17.9%	5.5%
Average household size	2.37	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1938	1951