What is the population of Northampton borough?

Northampton borough has 10,366 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #82 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.

What is the median household income in Northampton borough?

Median household income in Northampton borough is $82,719 a year, 5.3% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Northampton borough?

Median gross rent is $1,156 a month and the median home value is $225,400, so rent absorbs about 16.8% of median household income.

Is Northampton borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Northampton borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Northampton, PA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Northampton, Pennsylvania (Northampton, PA — Census place “Northampton borough”) is 10,366 residents, ranking #82 of 2002 places in Pennsylvania. Median household income is $82,719, the median home is worth $225,400 and median gross rent runs $1,156 a month. Looking for the Northampton Pennsylvania ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Northampton, PA: 18067.

Population: 10,366Northampton borough residents
Median household income: $82,719Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $225,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,156Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 42.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 71.7%Owner-occupied households

Northampton ZIP codes (Pennsylvania)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Northampton.

The Northampton PA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

18067

What the numbers mean in Northampton borough

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Northampton borough median would spend about 16.8% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 7.1% of residents and 71.7% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Northampton borough, PA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Northampton borough is a mid-size town in Pennsylvania, with 10,366 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #82 of 2,002 ranked by population — larger than 95% of them. The median age here is 42.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Northampton borough earn a median of $82,719 a year, 5.3% above the national figure of $78,538 and 16% above the $71,118 median for the 982 Pennsylvania cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 7.1% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Northampton borough is valued at $225,400, 25.7% below the national figure and 17% above the $193,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,156 a month, 17.8% below the national figure, or roughly $13,872 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16.8% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 71.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Northampton borough?: Northampton borough has 10,366 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #82 of 2,002 in Pennsylvania.
What is the median household income in Northampton borough?: Median household income in Northampton borough is $82,719 a year, 5.3% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Northampton borough?: Median gross rent is $1,156 a month and the median home value is $225,400, so rent absorbs about 16.8% of median household income.
Is Northampton borough affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Northampton borough is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 16.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Northampton borough data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.