Mount Carmel vs Northumberland

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

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

Mount Carmel has the higher population (5,695 vs 3,874 in Northumberland). Northumberland has the higher median household income ($57,162 vs $52,667 in Mount Carmel). Northumberland has the higher median home value ($158,200 vs $74,700 in Mount Carmel).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Carmel	Northumberland
Population	5,695	3,874
Median age	42.5 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$52,667	$57,162
Median home value	$74,700	$158,200
Median gross rent	$796	$986
Housing units	3,203	1,861
Homeownership rate	73.8%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Carmel	Northumberland
Population	5,667 → 5,695 (+0.5%)	3,655 → 3,874 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$34,628 → $52,667 (+52.1%)	$59,725 → $57,162 (-4.3%)
Median home value	$43,400 → $74,700 (+72.1%)	$127,500 → $158,200 (+24.1%)
Median gross rent	$655 → $796 (+21.5%)	$761 → $986 (+29.6%)

Mount Carmel

Population

5,6675,695

Median household income

$34,628$52,667

Median home value

$43,400$74,700

Median gross rent

$655$796

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)

	Mount Carmel	Northumberland
Under 5	4.7%	4.1%
5 to 17	15.1%	18.2%
18 to 24	7.8%	2.4%
25 to 34	12.5%	14.7%
35 to 44	14.5%	14.4%
45 to 54	11.4%	9.7%
55 to 64	13.4%	12.8%
65 to 74	13.0%	12.8%
75 and over	7.6%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Carmel	Northumberland
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	89.5%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	2.6%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Carmel	Northumberland
No high school diploma	9.6%	8.0%
High school graduate	47.5%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Carmel	Northumberland
Drove alone	74.8%	82.3%
Carpooled	13.8%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	5.5%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	6.8%
Other means	1.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Carmel	Northumberland
1-unit, detached	35.4%	64.1%
1-unit, attached	50.1%	14.7%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	14.8%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	1.9%
20 or more units	3.0%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Mount Carmel	Northumberland
Poverty rate	16.2%	18.3%
Average household size	2.37	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1938	1954