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Wilkes-Barre Area School District, PA

66,503 Population
115.2 square miles 577.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.1 ±3.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Luzerne County: 41.9 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 41.1 ±0.1

Economics

$30,117 ±$2,477 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Luzerne County: $34,460 ±$1,758
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $42,605 ±$319
$52,049 ±$6,629 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Luzerne County: $60,380 ±$3,514
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $73,824 ±$511

20.9% ±4.1% (12,982  ±2,705) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Luzerne County: 17.2% † 54,571 (±2.1% / ±6,607)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 12% 1,500,959 (±0.3% / ±35,821)

20.6 minutes ±1 (532,795  ±34,446) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of 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

26,946 ±1,985 Number of households
  • Luzerne County: 136,046 ±2,178
  • Pennsylvania: 5,324,209 ±13,443
2.3 ±0.2 (61,996  ±4,168) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Luzerne County: 2.3 317,008 (±0 / ±129)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,527,719

2.5% ±2% (413  ±324) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Luzerne County: 4.5% † 3,123 (±1.2% / ±856)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.2% 149,597 (±0.3% / ±7,546)

Housing

30,544 ±2,193 Number of housing units
  • Luzerne County: 151,547 ±69
  • Pennsylvania: 5,839,797 ±484

$161,800 ±$14,599 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Luzerne County: $179,900 ±$7,967
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $259,900 ±$1,736

15.5% ±3.4% (10,255  ±2,349.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Luzerne County: 12.5% † 40,673 (±2% / ±6,323.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.6% 1,355,260 (±0.2% / ±31,094.2)

Social

86.3% ±3.8% (39,114  ±3,355.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Luzerne County: 89.9% 209,204 (±2.8% / ±6,574.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.2% 8,455,035 (±0.5% / ±43,404.4)
24.3% ±3.8% (11,031  ±1,911.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Luzerne County: 24.6% 57,273 (±1.5% / ±3,568.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.3% 3,241,343 (±0.3% / ±27,591.6)

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

12.7% ±2.7% (8,427  ±1,848) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Luzerne County: 10.3% 33,768
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 8% 1,031,320

6.4% ±1.7% (3,434  ±949) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Luzerne County: 6.3% † 16,335 (±0.7% / ±1,681)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.9% 614,022 (±0.1% / ±10,859)
3,434 Total veterans ±949 3,094 Male ±840 340 Female ±406

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