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Jackson township, Luzerne County, PA

4,413 Population
13.2 square miles 333.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.7 ±2.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Luzerne County: 42.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,077 ±$3,625 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Luzerne County: $34,857 ±$664
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$113,472 ±$25,068 Median household income
  • nearly double the amount in Luzerne County: $62,321 ±$1,298
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

4.1% ±3.3% (100  ±80) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Luzerne County: 15.4% 48,562 (±0.8% / ±2,542)
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

25 minutes ±3.2 (28,830  ±5,268) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Luzerne County: 23.6 3,226,395 (±0.5 / ±85,494)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

977 ±115 Number of households
  • Luzerne County: 133,434 ±862
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.5 ±0.3 (2,451  ±66) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Luzerne County: 2.4 315,008 (±0 / ±107)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

0.6% ±1% (3  ±5) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Luzerne County: 5.2% † 3,628 (±0.6% / ±447)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

1,009 ±116 Number of housing units
  • Luzerne County: 151,012 ±168
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$291,600 ±$24,497 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Luzerne County: $163,800 ±$3,296
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

9.5% ±2.5% (420  ±109.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Luzerne County: 11.7% 37,658 (±0.7% / ±2,099.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

87.2% ±6.7% (3,266  ±258.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Luzerne County: 90.7% 210,471 (±1.3% / ±3,066)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
24.6% ±4.1% (922  ±153.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Luzerne County: 25% 57,994 (±0.8% / ±1,833.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.3% ±1.5% (147  ±66) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Luzerne County: 8.7% 28,347
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

8.4% ±2.3% (328  ±91) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Luzerne County: 7.1% 18,477 (±0.3% / ±895)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
328 Total veterans ±91 323 Male ±91 5 Female ±7

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