Hellertown vs Nazareth

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

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

Hellertown has the higher population (6,119 vs 6,032 in Nazareth). Hellertown has the higher median household income ($76,657 vs $57,551 in Nazareth). Hellertown has the higher median home value ($242,500 vs $236,900 in Nazareth).

Population, income & housing

	Hellertown	Nazareth
Population	6,119	6,032
Median age	42.7 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$76,657	$57,551
Median home value	$242,500	$236,900
Median gross rent	$1,227	$1,186
Housing units	2,606	3,204
Homeownership rate	68.8%	41.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	24.4%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hellertown	Nazareth
Population	5,831 → 6,119 (+4.9%)	5,699 → 6,032 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$68,100 → $76,657 (+12.6%)	$56,349 → $57,551 (+2.1%)
Median home value	$185,400 → $242,500 (+30.8%)	$194,600 → $236,900 (+21.7%)
Median gross rent	$995 → $1,227 (+23.3%)	$957 → $1,186 (+23.9%)

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

Nazareth

Population

5,6996,032

Median household income

$56,349$57,551

Median home value

$194,600$236,900

Median gross rent

$957$1,186

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hellertown	Nazareth
Under 5	5.9%	3.1%
5 to 17	15.5%	18.5%
18 to 24	5.6%	4.5%
25 to 34	11.9%	13.9%
35 to 44	14.0%	11.4%
45 to 54	11.6%	8.4%
55 to 64	14.3%	16.2%
65 to 74	10.7%	10.6%
75 and over	10.5%	13.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hellertown	Nazareth
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	80.2%
Black or African American	1.3%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	11.0%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hellertown	Nazareth
No high school diploma	5.1%	6.9%
High school graduate	36.2%	39.8%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hellertown	Nazareth
Drove alone	75.3%	79.2%
Carpooled	1.6%	9.7%
Public transit	2.1%	0.5%
Walked	2.3%	0.7%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.4%	9.5%
Other means	1.3%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hellertown	Nazareth
1-unit, detached	59.7%	35.8%
1-unit, attached	19.6%	17.6%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	25.1%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	9.9%
20 or more units	5.5%	11.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hellertown	Nazareth
Poverty rate	5.5%	15.9%
Average household size	2.42	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1951	1938