Kulpmont vs Northumberland

A side-by-side comparison of Kulpmont and Northumberland: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Northumberland has the higher population (3,874 vs 2,735 in Kulpmont). Northumberland has the higher median household income ($57,162 vs $51,066 in Kulpmont). Northumberland has the higher median home value ($158,200 vs $76,800 in Kulpmont).

Population, income & housing

	Kulpmont	Northumberland
Population	2,735	3,874
Median age	41.4 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$51,066	$57,162
Median home value	$76,800	$158,200
Median gross rent	$807	$986
Housing units	1,385	1,861
Homeownership rate	78.0%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kulpmont	Northumberland
Population	2,800 → 2,735 (-2.3%)	3,655 → 3,874 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$54,455 → $51,066 (-6.2%)	$59,725 → $57,162 (-4.3%)
Median home value	$66,200 → $76,800 (+16.0%)	$127,500 → $158,200 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$712 → $807 (+13.3%)	$761 → $986 (+29.6%)

Kulpmont

Population

2,8002,735

Median household income

$54,455$51,066

Median home value

$66,200$76,800

Median gross rent

$712$807

Northumberland

Population

3,6553,874

Median household income

$59,725$57,162

Median home value

$127,500$158,200

Median gross rent

$761$986

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kulpmont	Northumberland
Under 5	4.5%	4.1%
5 to 17	13.3%	18.2%
18 to 24	7.8%	2.4%
25 to 34	16.5%	14.7%
35 to 44	8.5%	14.4%
45 to 54	8.9%	9.7%
55 to 64	18.8%	12.8%
65 to 74	13.3%	12.8%
75 and over	8.4%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kulpmont	Northumberland
White (non-Hispanic)	86.5%	89.5%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.6%
Two or more races	0.3%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kulpmont	Northumberland
No high school diploma	7.7%	8.0%
High school graduate	42.8%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kulpmont	Northumberland
Drove alone	83.5%	82.3%
Carpooled	15.1%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	6.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kulpmont	Northumberland
1-unit, detached	39.1%	64.1%
1-unit, attached	46.4%	14.7%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	14.8%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	1.9%
20 or more units	6.0%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Kulpmont	Northumberland
Poverty rate	7.7%	18.3%
Average household size	2.18	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1948	1954