Nazareth vs Palmer Heights

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

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

Nazareth has the higher population (6,032 vs 3,963 in Palmer Heights). Palmer Heights has the higher median household income ($115,292 vs $57,551 in Nazareth). Palmer Heights has the higher median home value ($289,400 vs $236,900 in Nazareth).

Population, income & housing

	Nazareth	Palmer Heights
Population	6,032	3,963
Median age	44.5 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$57,551	$115,292
Median home value	$236,900	$289,400
Median gross rent	$1,186	$1,411
Housing units	3,204	1,435
Homeownership rate	41.6%	96.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	39.0%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nazareth	Palmer Heights
Population	5,699 → 6,032 (+5.8%)	3,837 → 3,963 (+3.3%)
Median household income	$56,349 → $57,551 (+2.1%)	$81,908 → $115,292 (+40.8%)
Median home value	$194,600 → $236,900 (+21.7%)	$206,800 → $289,400 (+39.9%)
Median gross rent	$957 → $1,186 (+23.9%)	$1,176 → $1,411 (+20.0%)

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

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)

	Nazareth	Palmer Heights
Under 5	3.1%	3.1%
5 to 17	18.5%	17.8%
18 to 24	4.5%	2.8%
25 to 34	13.9%	8.3%
35 to 44	11.4%	10.4%
45 to 54	8.4%	18.7%
55 to 64	16.2%	11.6%
65 to 74	10.6%	16.1%
75 and over	13.5%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nazareth	Palmer Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	83.3%
Black or African American	3.2%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.3%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nazareth	Palmer Heights
No high school diploma	6.9%	5.5%
High school graduate	39.8%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	25.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nazareth	Palmer Heights
Drove alone	79.2%	86.9%
Carpooled	9.7%	3.1%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	9.5%	5.5%
Other means	0.5%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nazareth	Palmer Heights
1-unit, detached	35.8%	92.5%
1-unit, attached	17.6%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	25.1%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	11.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Nazareth	Palmer Heights
Poverty rate	15.9%	2.1%
Average household size	2.06	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1938	1965