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West Hazleton borough, Luzerne County, PA

5,156 Population
1.6 square miles 3,266.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.7 ±4.3 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Luzerne County: 42.1 ±0.2
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$19,415 ±$3,127 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Luzerne County: $34,857 ±$664
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$46,968 ±$9,713 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Luzerne County: $62,321 ±$1,298
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

24.4% ±8.4% (1,232  ±427) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Luzerne County: 15.4% 48,562 (±0.8% / ±2,542)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

24.6 minutes ±7.3 (48,510  ±16,833) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Luzerne County: 23.6 3,226,395 (±0.5 / ±85,494)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

1,580 ±206 Number of households
  • Luzerne County: 133,434 ±862
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
3.3 ±0.4 (5,138  ±24) Persons per household
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Luzerne County: 2.4 315,008 (±0 / ±107)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

14.9% ±11.1% (161  ±124) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Luzerne County: 5.2% † 3,628 (±0.6% / ±447)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

1,844 ±229 Number of housing units
  • Luzerne County: 151,012 ±168
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$108,800 ±$29,119 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Luzerne County: $163,800 ±$3,296
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

15.7% ±11.2% (787  ±561.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Luzerne County: 11.7% 37,658 (±0.7% / ±2,099.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

78.1% ±10.9% (2,236  ±385.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Luzerne County: 90.7% 210,471 (±1.3% / ±3,066)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
17.5% ±6.6% (502  ±195.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Luzerne County: 25% 57,994 (±0.8% / ±1,833.8)
  • about half 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

35.1% ±9.6% (1,807  ±497) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Luzerne County: 8.7% 28,347
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

4.9% ±2.9% (166  ±99) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Luzerne County: 7.1% 18,477 (±0.3% / ±895)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
166 Total veterans ±99 166 Male ±99 N/A Female ±16

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