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SheetPA-NORTH-CATASAUQUA-PA · North Catasauqua, PA 2,968 pop · income 68th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around North Catasauqua
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest North Catasauqua on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Flemingsburg · lowest
32,500
Flemingsburg · lowest
32,500 median HH income
15.3% of the leader · rank #1
Crystal · near
86,752
Crystal · near
86,752 median HH income
40.9% of the leader · rank #2
North Catasau… · this city
86,779
North Catasau… · this city
86,779 median HH income
41.0% of the leader · rank #3
River Ridge · near
86,786
River Ridge · near
86,786 median HH income
41.0% of the leader · rank #4
Cowan · near
86,786
Cowan · near
86,786 median HH income
41.0% of the leader · rank #5
Loveland · near
86,793
Loveland · near
86,793 median HH income
41.0% of the leader · rank #6
Great Neck Es… · highest
211,875
Great Neck Es… · highest
211,875 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for North Catasauqua on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 2,968.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
North Catasauqua - the verdict
Nationally, North Catasauqua sits in the 68th percentile for household income and the 84th percentile for safety among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
68th
percentile, household income
55th
percentile, home value
54th
percentile, median rent
84th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: North Catasauqua, PA
2,968 people live in North Catasauqua, Pennsylvania - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in North Catasauqua report a median income of $86,779 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 0.5%. Typical homes in North Catasauqua are valued around $245,900, and the median resident age is 43.7 years. About 24.8% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 68.1% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 45 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Low Activity). North Catasauqua reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR reporting places total crime at 528.1 incidents per 100,000 residents, below the national average (voluntary agency reporting, reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Pennsylvania tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: the state registers 97.6 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Near Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,225 monthly. Monthly utility costs average around $260 across Pennsylvania, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. Workers in North Catasauqua report an average commute of 18.2 minutes, with 71.1% driving alone and 23.7% working from home. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 67.4 out of 100 (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of North Catasauqua's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from population change to housing and income to work and mobility to reported crime to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For North Catasauqua, city-specific coverage includes FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, commute-mode shares, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Is North Catasauqua growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +257 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +8.6% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 45 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
How far does income reach against housing in North Catasauqua?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 2.8 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 0.5%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What does the journey to work look like in North Catasauqua?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 71.1%. The reported mean trip to work is 18.2 minutes.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Which cities make useful reference points for North Catasauqua?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Within Pennsylvania, the closest population matches are Bowmansville (2,968 residents, $105,079 income); Egypt (2,964 residents, $108,284 income); Valley View CDP (York County) (2,963 residents, $91,125 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Great Neck Estates, NY (2,968 residents); Flemingsburg, KY (2,967 residents); Genoa City, WI (2,967 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Reported crime
What can the FBI record say about safety in North Catasauqua?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 528.1 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 77% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
Total reported rate
528.1
Violent rate
0.0
Property rate
528.1
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
Above median income · poverty 0.5% (Very low poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
97.6 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Pennsylvania average
B
City profile score · North Catasauqua, PA
72/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Violent crime A+
0 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Poverty rate A+
0.5%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income B-
$86,779
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Cost of living C-
97.6 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Bachelor's+ share D
24.8%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
North Catasauqua profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Violent crime: 97/100 (A+) · 0 /100k
Poverty rate: 96/100 (A+) · 0.5%
Household income: 66/100 (B-) · $86,779
Cost of living: 50/100 (C-) · 97.6 index
Bachelor's+ share: 48/100 (D) · 24.8%
Where North Catasauqua sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
North Catasauqua's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - North Catasauqua highlighted among 25 peers.Read the chart values
North Catasauqua, PA (this city): home $245,900, crime 528/100k
Flemingsburg, KY : home $123,200, crime 1,000/100k
Genoa City, WI : home $230,900, crime 170/100k
Buena Vista, CO : home $495,800, crime 444/100k
Girard, PA : home $168,100, crime 717/100k
New York, NY : home $751,700, crime 3,039/100k
Los Angeles, CA : home $879,500, crime 2,212/100k
Chicago, IL : home $315,200, crime 4,012/100k
Houston, TX : home $253,400, crime 5,442/100k
Phoenix, AZ : home $381,900, crime 3,125/100k
Philadelphia, PA : home $232,400, crime 5,457/100k
San Antonio, TX : home $219,700, crime 5,218/100k
San Diego, CA : home $848,500, crime 2,082/100k
Dallas, TX : home $295,300, crime 4,010/100k
San Jose, CA : home $1,187,800, crime 3,195/100k
Austin, TX : home $512,700, crime 3,709/100k
Fort Worth, TX : home $277,300, crime 3,158/100k
Columbus, OH : home $234,500, crime 3,088/100k
Indianapolis, IN : home $207,000, crime 4,214/100k
San Francisco, CA : home $1,380,500, crime 4,526/100k
Seattle, WA : home $912,100, crime 5,783/100k
Denver, CO : home $586,700, crime 5,755/100k
Oklahoma City, OK : home $215,100, crime 3,570/100k
El Paso, TX : home $171,700, crime 1,772/100k
Washington, DC : home $724,600, crime 4,514/100k
How does North Catasauqua compare to other US cities?
Where North Catasauqua sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income68% higher than other cities
Home value55% pricier than other cities
Median rent54% pricier than other cities
Safety84% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
Zoom in to just Pennsylvania and the picture shifts: North Catasauqua ranks #122 of 402 Pennsylvania cities by lowest crime rate, a different read than the national percentile above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares North Catasauqua against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Pennsylvania only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Pennsylvania-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places North Catasauqua near the bottom of Pennsylvania's cities
Among the 1,865 Pennsylvania cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, North Catasauqua ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares North Catasauqua only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#420 of 1,765
76th percentile in Pennsylvania
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,865
0th percentile in Pennsylvania
Median Home Value
#390 of 1,790
78th percentile in Pennsylvania
Poverty Rate
#1,464 of 1,856
21st percentile in Pennsylvania
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#770 of 1,861
58th percentile in Pennsylvania
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Pennsylvania only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
68th percentile nationally for median household income · 84th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
North Catasauqua's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
North Catasauqua's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How North Catasauqua's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$245,90045th percentilemore affordable than 45% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
North Catasauqua's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.8×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#5,766 of 15,516
More affordable than 63% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#4,988 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.8×, North Catasauqua sits in the affordable band:
national rank #5,766 of 15,516 and #4,988 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$86,779North Catasauqua, PA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context North Catasauqua, PA median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for North Catasauqua, PA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)24.8%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)0.5%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)68.1%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
2,968
Median Income
$86,779
Median Home Value
$245,900
Median Age
43.7
Poverty Rate
0.5%
Labor force participation
68.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
24.8%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
528.1
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
0.0
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
528.1
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
North Catasauqua's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
2,972 residents
2021
2,965 residents
2022
2,943 residents
2023
3,022 residents
2024
3,122 residents
2025
3,229 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
🏗️ Low Activity
Total Permits (2024)
45
housing units authorized
Single-Family
45
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
15.2
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
0
0
0
-
2020
0
0
0
-
2021
0
0
0
-
2022
36
36
0
$10.1M
2023
42
42
0
$12.6M
2024
45
45
0
$13.4M
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
18.2 minutes
Drive Alone
71.1%
Carpool
5.2%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
23.7%
Based on 1,711 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Pennsylvania statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $260
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Pennsylvania at $260 (electricity about $120 , water and sewer about $52 ).
These are Pennsylvania statewide averages, not a meter reading for North Catasauqua. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Pennsylvania's BEA cost-of-living index is 97.6 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around North Catasauqua is $1,225/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Pennsylvania statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 67.4 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Pennsylvania statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county North Catasauqua sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How North Catasauqua compares to similar-size Pennsylvania cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.