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Census Tract 2142, Luzerne, PA

3,067 Population
0.4 square miles 6,939.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.1 ±6.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Nanticoke: 39.3 ±2.8
  • a little higher than the figure in Luzerne County: 42 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$32,824 ±$4,555 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Nanticoke: $29,767 ±$2,593
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Luzerne County: $36,493 ±$694
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$65,078 ±$7,583 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Nanticoke: $57,462 † ±$6,160
  • about the same as the amount in Luzerne County: $63,691 ±$1,684
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

10.8% ±5.5% (331  ±175) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Nanticoke: 19.4% † 2,041 (±4.6% / ±483)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Luzerne County: 15.3% 48,510 (±0.7% / ±2,176)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)

20.9 minutes ±2.4 (30,900  ±6,832) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Nanticoke: 21.4 92,345 (±1.5 / ±11,315)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Luzerne County: 23.5 3,152,010 (±0.5 / ±79,782)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

1,347 ±214 Number of households
  • Nanticoke: 4,415 ±255
  • Luzerne County: 135,055 ±904
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
2.3 ±0.5 (3,061  ±410) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Nanticoke: 2.4 10,526 (±0.1 / ±23)
  • a little less than the figure in Luzerne County: 2.4 316,865 (±0 / ±94)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066

3.3% ±4.7% (20  ±29) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Nanticoke: 1.7% † 39 (±1.6% / ±36)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Luzerne County: 5.2% † 3,634 (±0.7% / ±505)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)

Housing

1,476 ±205 Number of housing units
  • Nanticoke: 5,076 ±301
  • Luzerne County: 151,287 ±105
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$128,800 ±$23,993 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Nanticoke: $108,100 ±$7,024
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Luzerne County: $174,100 ±$3,161
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767

15.1% ±7.8% (459  ±245.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Nanticoke: 16.4% † 1,738 (±5% / ±530.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Luzerne County: 10.7% 34,857 (±0.7% / ±2,172.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

87.9% ±7.1% (2,056  ±333.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Nanticoke: 85.5% 6,500 (±5.6% / ±497.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Luzerne County: 90.2% 210,469 (±1.3% / ±3,128.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
24.7% ±7.4% (578  ±192.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Nanticoke: 18.6% † 1,414 (±3.3% / ±254.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Luzerne County: 25.3% 59,052 (±0.7% / ±1,720.1)
  • about two-thirds 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

7% ±6.4% (216  ±198) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Nanticoke: 4.3% † 455 (±2.3% / ±244)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Luzerne County: 9.6% 31,554
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975

5.1% ±4.8% (129  ±123) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Nanticoke: 7.6% † 640 (±1.9% / ±158)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Luzerne County: 6.5% 17,059 (±0.3% / ±835)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
129 Total veterans ±123 118 Male ±122 11 Female ±17

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