Freemansburg vs North Catasauqua

A side-by-side comparison of Freemansburg and North Catasauqua: population, income, housing, and more.

Freemansburg and North Catasauqua are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

North Catasauqua has the higher population (2,968 vs 2,871 in Freemansburg). Freemansburg has the higher median household income ($96,696 vs $86,779 in North Catasauqua). North Catasauqua has the higher median home value ($245,900 vs $205,200 in Freemansburg).

Population, income & housing

	Freemansburg	North Catasauqua
Population	2,871	2,968
Median age	40.0 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$96,696	$86,779
Median home value	$205,200	$245,900
Median gross rent	$2,071	$944
Housing units	1,307	1,251
Homeownership rate	53.4%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Freemansburg	North Catasauqua
Population	2,622 → 2,871 (+9.5%)	2,831 → 2,968 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$56,944 → $96,696 (+69.8%)	$69,244 → $86,779 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$161,200 → $205,200 (+27.3%)	$177,500 → $245,900 (+38.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,333 → $2,071 (+55.4%)	$892 → $944 (+5.8%)

Freemansburg

Population

2,6222,871

Median household income

$56,944$96,696

Median home value

$161,200$205,200

Median gross rent

$1,333$2,071

North Catasauqua

Population

2,8312,968

Median household income

$69,244$86,779

Median home value

$177,500$245,900

Median gross rent

$892$944

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Freemansburg	North Catasauqua
Under 5	2.6%	6.2%
5 to 17	20.8%	12.7%
18 to 24	3.8%	5.1%
25 to 34	14.0%	14.5%
35 to 44	14.8%	17.0%
45 to 54	9.8%	11.7%
55 to 64	24.6%	15.6%
65 to 74	6.0%	10.0%
75 and over	3.6%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Freemansburg	North Catasauqua
White (non-Hispanic)	50.1%	77.9%
Black or African American	7.5%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	33.4%	13.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Freemansburg	North Catasauqua
No high school diploma	11.9%	7.0%
High school graduate	40.8%	41.2%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Freemansburg	North Catasauqua
Drove alone	76.3%	71.1%
Carpooled	11.2%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	23.7%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Freemansburg	North Catasauqua
1-unit, detached	42.5%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	42.9%	17.2%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	5.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Freemansburg	North Catasauqua
Poverty rate	8.0%	4.2%
Average household size	2.27	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1974	1950