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West Wyoming borough, Luzerne County, PA

2,653 Population
3.6 square miles 739.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.5 ±6.1 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

$40,665 ±$4,504 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Luzerne County: $34,857 ±$664
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$63,304 ±$8,204 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

12.3% ±8.5% (322  ±222) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Luzerne County: 15.4% 48,562 (±0.8% / ±2,542)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

23.8 minutes ±3.6 (27,445  ±5,248) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as 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

1,217 ±114 Number of households
  • Luzerne County: 133,434 ±862
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.2 ±0.2 (2,653  ±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

8.1% ±6.6% (36  ±30) 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)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

1,316 ±125 Number of housing units
  • Luzerne County: 151,012 ±168
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$156,400 ±$13,677 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Luzerne County: $163,800 ±$3,296
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

6.8% ±4.1% (178  ±107.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Luzerne County: 11.7% 37,658 (±0.7% / ±2,099.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

94.3% ±8% (1,949  ±204.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Luzerne County: 90.7% 210,471 (±1.3% / ±3,066)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
24.9% ±4.7% (514  ±101.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Luzerne County: 25% 57,994 (±0.8% / ±1,833.8)
  • about three-quarters 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

N/A Foreign-born population

12.1% ±4.7% (265  ±105) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Luzerne County: 7.1% 18,477 (±0.3% / ±895)
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
265 Total veterans ±105 232 Male ±98 33 Female ±32

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