Mount Bethel vs Stockertown

A side-by-side comparison of Mount Bethel and Stockertown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Stockertown has the higher population (730 vs 641 in Mount Bethel). Stockertown has the higher median household income ($107,708 vs $49,231 in Mount Bethel). Stockertown has the higher median home value ($303,800 vs $203,400 in Mount Bethel).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Bethel	Stockertown
Population	641	730
Median age	44.6 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$49,231	$107,708
Median home value	$203,400	$303,800
Median gross rent	$1,125	$1,375
Housing units	381	300
Homeownership rate	50.3%	84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.8%	32.3%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Bethel	Stockertown
Population	—	999 → 730 (-26.9%)
Median household income	—	$82,632 → $107,708 (+30.3%)
Median home value	—	$247,500 → $303,800 (+22.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,104 → $1,375 (+24.5%)

Mount Bethel

Stockertown

Population

999730

Median household income

$82,632$107,708

Median home value

$247,500$303,800

Median gross rent

$1,104$1,375

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Bethel	Stockertown
Under 5	9.7%	7.4%
5 to 17	10.1%	13.2%
18 to 24	4.8%	7.7%
25 to 34	13.6%	12.3%
35 to 44	12.2%	14.4%
45 to 54	15.1%	12.3%
55 to 64	14.2%	10.8%
65 to 74	17.6%	11.4%
75 and over	2.7%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Bethel	Stockertown
White (non-Hispanic)	72.7%	89.5%
Black or African American	3.4%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.1%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	17.8%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Bethel	Stockertown
No high school diploma	15.9%	2.7%
High school graduate	34.4%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	14.9%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Bethel	Stockertown
Drove alone	85.4%	78.9%
Carpooled	9.3%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	12.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Bethel	Stockertown
1-unit, detached	57.7%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	19.7%	17.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Mount Bethel	Stockertown
Poverty rate	27.1%	7.8%
Average household size	1.94	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	35	25
Median year structure built	1938	1952