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Census Tract 2155.02, Luzerne, PA

5,762 Population
13.3 square miles 431.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.4 ±2.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Mountain Top: 45 ±2.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Luzerne County: 42 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$60,010 ±$13,560 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mountain Top: $55,506 † ±$7,440
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Luzerne County: $36,493 ±$694
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$124,000 ±$25,122 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mountain Top: $109,535 ±$9,100
  • about double the amount in Luzerne County: $63,691 ±$1,684
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

7.3% ±6.8% (411  ±379) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mountain Top: 5.8% † 674 (±3.5% / ±405)
  • about half the rate in Luzerne County: 15.3% 48,510 (±0.7% / ±2,176)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)

26.5 minutes ±2.4 (60,545  ±10,894) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Mountain Top: 26.5 † 123,940 (±2.8 / ±18,523)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Luzerne County: 23.5 3,152,010 (±0.5 / ±79,782)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

2,246 ±150 Number of households
  • Mountain Top: 4,618 ±228
  • Luzerne County: 135,055 ±904
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
2.5 ±0.2 (5,589  ±19) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Mountain Top: 2.5 11,672 (±0.2 / ±397)
  • a little higher than the figure in Luzerne County: 2.4 316,865 (±0 / ±94)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066

5% ±4.4% (60  ±54) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mountain Top: 6.9% † 198 (±3.7% / ±109)
  • a little less than the rate in Luzerne County: 5.2% † 3,634 (±0.7% / ±505)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)

Housing

2,246 ±150 Number of housing units
  • Mountain Top: 4,676 ±231
  • Luzerne County: 151,287 ±105
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$295,100 ±$18,985 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Mountain Top: $297,700 ±$18,750
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Luzerne County: $174,100 ±$3,161
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767

5.9% ±3.3% (340  ±186.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mountain Top: 5.1% † 599 (±2.3% / ±269.1)
  • about half the rate in Luzerne County: 10.7% 34,857 (±0.7% / ±2,172.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

96.8% ±10.9% (4,114  ±495.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Mountain Top: 97.2% 8,101 (±6.9% / ±672.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Luzerne County: 90.2% 210,469 (±1.3% / ±3,128.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
36.9% ±6.3% (1,569  ±277.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mountain Top: 45.6% † 3,799 (±4.8% / ±431.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Luzerne County: 25.3% 59,052 (±0.7% / ±1,720.1)
  • a little higher than 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

3.1% ±2.7% (177  ±153) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mountain Top: 4.2% † 497 (±2.1% / ±250)
  • about one-third of the rate in Luzerne County: 9.6% 31,554
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975

8.7% ±3.5% (397  ±160) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mountain Top: 7% † 619 (±2.3% / ±204)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Luzerne County: 6.5% 17,059 (±0.3% / ±835)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
397 Total veterans ±160 334 Male ±129 63 Female ±70

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