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Census Tract 2144, Luzerne, PA

1,997 Population
0.6 square miles 3,531.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.2 ±5.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Nanticoke: 39.3 ±2.8
  • about the same as the figure in Luzerne County: 42 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$36,086 ±$7,516 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Nanticoke: $29,767 ±$2,593
  • about the same as the amount in Luzerne County: $36,493 ±$694
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$58,472 ±$19,067 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Nanticoke: $57,462 † ±$6,160
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Luzerne County: $63,691 ±$1,684
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

23.4% ±8.7% (468  ±182) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Nanticoke: 19.4% † 2,041 (±4.6% / ±483)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Luzerne County: 15.3% 48,510 (±0.7% / ±2,176)
  • about double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)

22.6 minutes ±6.8 (17,295  ±3,481) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Nanticoke: 21.4 92,345 (±1.5 / ±11,315)
  • a little less than the figure in Luzerne County: 23.5 3,152,010 (±0.5 / ±79,782)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

911 ±97 Number of households
  • Nanticoke: 4,415 ±255
  • Luzerne County: 135,055 ±904
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
2.2 ±0.1 (1,997  ±227) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nanticoke: 2.4 10,526 (±0.1 / ±23)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Luzerne County: 2.4 316,865 (±0 / ±94)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066

0.2% ±0.5% (1  ±2) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Nanticoke: 1.7% † 39 (±1.6% / ±36)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Luzerne County: 5.2% † 3,634 (±0.7% / ±505)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)

Housing

946 ±98 Number of housing units
  • Nanticoke: 5,076 ±301
  • Luzerne County: 151,287 ±105
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$89,200 ±$21,083 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Nanticoke: $108,100 ±$7,024
  • about half the amount in Luzerne County: $174,100 ±$3,161
  • about one-third of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767

10.6% ±6.4% (210  ±129.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Nanticoke: 16.4% † 1,738 (±5% / ±530.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Luzerne County: 10.7% 34,857 (±0.7% / ±2,172.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

87.7% ±6.1% (1,299  ±177.4) 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)
13.5% ±3.5% (200  ±56.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Nanticoke: 18.6% † 1,414 (±3.3% / ±254.4)
  • about half the rate in Luzerne County: 25.3% 59,052 (±0.7% / ±1,720.1)
  • about two-fifths 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

0.3% ±0.4% (5  ±8) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Nanticoke: 4.3% † 455 (±2.3% / ±244)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Luzerne County: 9.6% 31,554
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975

10.9% ±4% (177  ±68) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Nanticoke: 7.6% † 640 (±1.9% / ±158)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Luzerne County: 6.5% 17,059 (±0.3% / ±835)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
177 Total veterans ±68 167 Male ±67 10 Female ±13

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