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Wilkes-Barre township, Luzerne County, PA

3,205 Population
3 square miles 1,068.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.2 ±8.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Luzerne County: 42.1 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,451 ±$3,746 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Luzerne County: $34,857 ±$664
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$61,731 ±$16,227 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Luzerne County: $62,321 ±$1,298
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

9.6% ±5.3% (304  ±169) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Luzerne County: 15.4% 48,562 (±0.8% / ±2,542)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

22.2 minutes ±4.7 (32,090  ±9,049) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Luzerne County: 23.6 3,226,395 (±0.5 / ±85,494)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

1,476 ±124 Number of households
  • Luzerne County: 133,434 ±862
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.1 ±0.2 (3,117  ±30) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Luzerne County: 2.4 315,008 (±0 / ±107)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

8.2% ±7.1% (54  ±48) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Luzerne County: 5.2% † 3,628 (±0.6% / ±447)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

1,694 ±156 Number of housing units
  • Luzerne County: 151,012 ±168
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$96,900 ±$5,742 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Luzerne County: $163,800 ±$3,296
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

19.1% ±7.9% (602  ±249.6) 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

89.8% ±10.2% (2,226  ±296.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Luzerne County: 90.7% 210,471 (±1.3% / ±3,066)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
21.5% ±5.5% (533  ±140.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 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

6.7% ±3.3% (214  ±106) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Luzerne County: 8.7% 28,347
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

10.5% ±3.9% (276  ±104) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Luzerne County: 7.1% 18,477 (±0.3% / ±895)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
276 Total veterans ±104 237 Male ±104 39 Female ±43

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