Freemansburg vs Palmer Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Freemansburg and Palmer Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Palmer Heights has the higher population (3,963 vs 2,871 in Freemansburg). Palmer Heights has the higher median household income ($115,292 vs $96,696 in Freemansburg). Palmer Heights has the higher median home value ($289,400 vs $205,200 in Freemansburg).

Population, income & housing

	Freemansburg	Palmer Heights
Population	2,871	3,963
Median age	40.0 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$96,696	$115,292
Median home value	$205,200	$289,400
Median gross rent	$2,071	$1,411
Housing units	1,307	1,435
Homeownership rate	53.4%	96.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	39.0%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Freemansburg	Palmer Heights
Population	2,622 → 2,871 (+9.5%)	3,837 → 3,963 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$56,944 → $96,696 (+69.8%)	$81,908 → $115,292 (+40.8%)
Median home value	$161,200 → $205,200 (+27.3%)	$206,800 → $289,400 (+39.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,333 → $2,071 (+55.4%)	$1,176 → $1,411 (+20.0%)

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

Palmer Heights

Population

3,8373,963

Median household income

$81,908$115,292

Median home value

$206,800$289,400

Median gross rent

$1,176$1,411

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Freemansburg	Palmer Heights
Under 5	2.6%	3.1%
5 to 17	20.8%	17.8%
18 to 24	3.8%	2.8%
25 to 34	14.0%	8.3%
35 to 44	14.8%	10.4%
45 to 54	9.8%	18.7%
55 to 64	24.6%	11.6%
65 to 74	6.0%	16.1%
75 and over	3.6%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Freemansburg	Palmer Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	50.1%	83.3%
Black or African American	7.5%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	33.4%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Freemansburg	Palmer Heights
No high school diploma	11.9%	5.5%
High school graduate	40.8%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	25.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Freemansburg	Palmer Heights
Drove alone	76.3%	86.9%
Carpooled	11.2%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	11.0%	5.5%
Other means	1.3%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Freemansburg	Palmer Heights
1-unit, detached	42.5%	92.5%
1-unit, attached	42.9%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Freemansburg	Palmer Heights
Poverty rate	8.0%	2.1%
Average household size	2.27	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1974	1965