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Butler township, Luzerne County, PA

9,607 Population
33.6 square miles 285.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.9 ±4.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Luzerne County: 42.2 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.8 ±0.1

Economics

$42,818 ±$4,010 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Luzerne County: $33,535 ±$535
  • a little higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $41,234 ±$183
$99,676 ±$14,400 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Luzerne County: $60,836 ±$1,430
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $73,170 ±$347

10.1% ±4.7% (950  ±445) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Luzerne County: 14.9% 46,812 (±0.8% / ±2,450)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,482,439 (±0.1% / ±18,052)

25.5 minutes ±1.2 (109,705  ±13,662) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Luzerne County: 23.8 3,299,595 (±0.6 / ±94,934)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.7 146,141,410 (±0.1 / ±650,543)

Families

3,443 ±273 Number of households
  • Luzerne County: 132,608 ±934
  • Pennsylvania: 5,193,727 ±8,465
2.7 ±0.2 (9,139  ±44) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Luzerne County: 2.4 314,205 (±0 / ±114)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,572,124

5.1% ±4.4% (95  ±84) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Luzerne County: 5.3% † 3,662 (±0.6% / ±395)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,663 (±0.1% / ±3,328)

Housing

3,749 ±310 Number of housing units
  • Luzerne County: 150,885 ±315
  • Pennsylvania: 5,753,908 ±890

$221,200 ±$14,383 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Luzerne County: $152,400 ±$2,641
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $226,200 ±$546

11.9% ±3.5% (1,131  ±,332.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Luzerne County: 11.9% 38,274 (±0.7% / ±2,257)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.4% 1,468,975 (±0.1% / ±15,527.1)

Social

95.9% ±7.1% (6,345  ±,592.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Luzerne County: 90.5% 209,277 (±1.3% / ±2,893.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.7% 8,366,889 (±0.2% / ±21,602.8)
33.4% ±6.3% (2,208  ±,435.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Luzerne County: 24.5% 56,755 (±0.7% / ±1,607.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 33.8% 3,081,318 (±0.2% / ±13,474.5)

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

5.1% ±3.1% (490  ±294) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Luzerne County: 8.3% 26,992
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.3% 941,805

7.9% ±2.2% (607  ±167) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Luzerne County: 7.4% 19,168 (±0.3% / ±834)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.6% 680,824 (±0.1% / ±5,453)
607 Total veterans ±167 585 Male ±169 22 Female ±44

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