Easton vs Northampton

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

Easton and Northampton 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 10,366 in Northampton). Northampton has the higher median household income ($82,719 vs $63,775 in Easton). Northampton has the higher median home value ($225,400 vs $169,200 in Easton).

Population, income & housing

	Easton	Northampton
Population	29,079	10,366
Median age	33.5 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$63,775	$82,719
Median home value	$169,200	$225,400
Median gross rent	$1,223	$1,156
Housing units	11,481	4,801
Homeownership rate	45.2%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.6%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Easton	Northampton
Population	27,122 → 29,079 (+7.2%)	9,847 → 10,366 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$51,698 → $63,775 (+23.4%)	$60,285 → $82,719 (+37.2%)
Median home value	$124,800 → $169,200 (+35.6%)	$174,600 → $225,400 (+29.1%)
Median gross rent	$986 → $1,223 (+24.0%)	$1,011 → $1,156 (+14.3%)

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

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)

	Easton	Northampton
Under 5	4.2%	4.2%
5 to 17	14.7%	13.0%
18 to 24	19.2%	7.1%
25 to 34	14.0%	18.1%
35 to 44	13.5%	9.1%
45 to 54	10.7%	13.5%
55 to 64	10.5%	16.1%
65 to 74	7.6%	11.0%
75 and over	5.7%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Easton	Northampton
White (non-Hispanic)	53.4%	84.2%
Black or African American	13.9%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	24.5%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Easton	Northampton
No high school diploma	12.4%	4.6%
High school graduate	35.8%	41.0%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Easton	Northampton
Drove alone	71.1%	74.1%
Carpooled	7.0%	5.9%
Public transit	2.0%	2.1%
Walked	5.5%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	12.5%
Other means	2.1%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Easton	Northampton
1-unit, detached	26.0%	41.5%
1-unit, attached	32.4%	37.4%
2 to 4 units	22.4%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	11.0%	4.4%
20 or more units	7.9%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Easton	Northampton
Poverty rate	17.9%	7.1%
Average household size	2.37	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1938	1938