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Census Tract 2001, Luzerne, PA

3,757 Population
0.7 square miles 5,595.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

22.2 ±1.1 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Wilkes-Barre: 34.7 ±1.3
  • about half the figure in Luzerne County: 42 ±0.2
  • about half the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$18,182 ±$4,743 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wilkes-Barre: $25,979 ±$1,369
  • about half the amount in Luzerne County: $36,493 ±$694
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$34,105 ±$3,511 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Wilkes-Barre: $48,515 ±$3,623
  • about half the amount in Luzerne County: $63,691 ±$1,684
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

21.3% ±9.6% (334  ±163) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wilkes-Barre: 23.1% † 9,345 (±3.1% / ±1,261)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Luzerne County: 15.3% 48,510 (±0.7% / ±2,176)
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)

16.9 minutes ±8.1 (18,470  ±6,138) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wilkes-Barre: 20.7 360,545 (±1.9 / ±36,805)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Luzerne County: 23.5 3,152,010 (±0.5 / ±79,782)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

1,038 ±178 Number of households
  • Wilkes-Barre: 16,644 ±524
  • Luzerne County: 135,055 ±904
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
1.4 ±0.2 (1,471  ±299) Persons per household
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Wilkes-Barre: 2.4 40,606 (±0.1 / ±58)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Luzerne County: 2.4 316,865 (±0 / ±94)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,231 ±161 Number of housing units
  • Wilkes-Barre: 19,781 ±513
  • Luzerne County: 151,287 ±105
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

N/A Median value of owner-occupied housing units

46.8% ±7.2% (1,759  ±305.8) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Wilkes-Barre: 17.2% † 7,540 (±2% / ±876.1)
  • more than double the rate in Luzerne County: 10.7% 34,857 (±0.7% / ±2,172.6)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

84.7% ±12.5% (1,258  ±269.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wilkes-Barre: 84.3% 23,643 (±3.6% / ±1,183.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Luzerne County: 90.2% 210,469 (±1.3% / ±3,128.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
25.7% ±10.2% (381  ±162.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wilkes-Barre: 20.5% † 5,740 (±2.3% / ±654.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Luzerne County: 25.3% 59,052 (±0.7% / ±1,720.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)

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

8.8% ±3.9% (331  ±149) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Wilkes-Barre: 16.9% † 7,495 (±2.1% / ±912)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Luzerne County: 9.6% 31,554
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975

4% ±1.9% (150  ±73) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wilkes-Barre: 5.2% † 1,786 (±0.8% / ±275)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Luzerne County: 6.5% 17,059 (±0.3% / ±835)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
150 Total veterans ±73 150 Male ±73 N/A Female ±12

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