Nazareth vs Northampton

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

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

Northampton has the higher population (10,366 vs 6,032 in Nazareth). Northampton has the higher median household income ($82,719 vs $57,551 in Nazareth). Nazareth has the higher median home value ($236,900 vs $225,400 in Northampton).

Population, income & housing

	Nazareth	Northampton
Population	6,032	10,366
Median age	44.5 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$57,551	$82,719
Median home value	$236,900	$225,400
Median gross rent	$1,186	$1,156
Housing units	3,204	4,801
Homeownership rate	41.6%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nazareth	Northampton
Population	5,699 → 6,032 (+5.8%)	9,847 → 10,366 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$56,349 → $57,551 (+2.1%)	$60,285 → $82,719 (+37.2%)
Median home value	$194,600 → $236,900 (+21.7%)	$174,600 → $225,400 (+29.1%)
Median gross rent	$957 → $1,186 (+23.9%)	$1,011 → $1,156 (+14.3%)

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

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)

	Nazareth	Northampton
Under 5	3.1%	4.2%
5 to 17	18.5%	13.0%
18 to 24	4.5%	7.1%
25 to 34	13.9%	18.1%
35 to 44	11.4%	9.1%
45 to 54	8.4%	13.5%
55 to 64	16.2%	16.1%
65 to 74	10.6%	11.0%
75 and over	13.5%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nazareth	Northampton
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	84.2%
Black or African American	3.2%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.3%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nazareth	Northampton
No high school diploma	6.9%	4.6%
High school graduate	39.8%	41.0%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nazareth	Northampton
Drove alone	79.2%	74.1%
Carpooled	9.7%	5.9%
Public transit	0.5%	2.1%
Walked	0.7%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.5%	12.5%
Other means	0.5%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nazareth	Northampton
1-unit, detached	35.8%	41.5%
1-unit, attached	17.6%	37.4%
2 to 4 units	25.1%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	4.4%
20 or more units	11.5%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Nazareth	Northampton
Poverty rate	15.9%	7.1%
Average household size	2.06	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1938	1938