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Wilkes-Barre city, Luzerne County, PA

44,217 Population
6.8 square miles 6,456.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.3 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Luzerne County: 42.1 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,581 ±$1,278 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Luzerne County: $34,857 ±$664
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$47,970 ±$2,490 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

21.1% ±2.4% (8,552  ±979) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Luzerne County: 15.4% 48,562 (±0.8% / ±2,542)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

20 minutes ±1.3 (354,305  ±29,106) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Luzerne County: 23.6 3,226,395 (±0.5 / ±85,494)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

16,710 ±542 Number of households
  • Luzerne County: 133,434 ±862
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.4 ±0.1 (40,533  ±50) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Luzerne County: 2.4 315,008 (±0 / ±107)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

4.5% ±1.4% (528  ±166) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Luzerne County: 5.2% † 3,628 (±0.6% / ±447)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

19,993 ±489 Number of housing units
  • Luzerne County: 151,012 ±168
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$108,000 ±$4,601 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

19.3% ±2% (8,419  ±855.8) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Luzerne County: 11.7% 37,658 (±0.7% / ±2,099.4)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

85% ±3.2% (24,289  ±1,078) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Luzerne County: 90.7% 210,471 (±1.3% / ±3,066)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
19.4% ±2% (5,546  ±574.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Luzerne County: 25% 57,994 (±0.8% / ±1,833.8)
  • about three-fifths 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

15.1% ±1.7% (6,674  ±734) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Luzerne County: 8.7% 28,347
  • about double the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

5.7% ±0.8% (1,965  ±289) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Luzerne County: 7.1% 18,477 (±0.3% / ±895)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
1,965 Total veterans ±289 1,836 Male ±291 129 Female ±63

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