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Census Tract 2159, Luzerne, PA

3,479 Population
77.5 square miles 44.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.8 ±3.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in New Columbus: 50.6 † ±11.5
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Luzerne County: 42 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$37,279 ±$3,459 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in New Columbus: $28,751 † ±$6,647
  • about the same as the amount in Luzerne County: $36,493 ±$694
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$64,939 ±$7,143 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New Columbus: $38,403 † ±$10,097
  • about the same as the amount in Luzerne County: $63,691 ±$1,684
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

8.8% ±4.2% (296  ±143) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in New Columbus: 18.5% † 56 (±18% / ±58)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Luzerne County: 15.3% 48,510 (±0.7% / ±2,176)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)

37.2 minutes ±6.4 (46,025  ±5,585) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in New Columbus: 38.7 † 3,635 (±39.1 / ±1,992)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Luzerne County: 23.5 3,152,010 (±0.5 / ±79,782)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

1,450 ±131 Number of households
  • New Columbus: 121 † ±43
  • Luzerne County: 135,055 ±904
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
2.4 ±0.3 (3,401  ±263) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New Columbus: 2.5 305 (±0.2 / ±110)
  • about the same as the figure in Luzerne County: 2.4 316,865 (±0 / ±94)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066

10.9% ±6.5% (75  ±46) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • New Columbus: 0%
  • more than double the rate in Luzerne County: 5.2% † 3,634 (±0.7% / ±505)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)

Housing

1,674 ±129 Number of housing units
  • New Columbus: 127 † ±44
  • Luzerne County: 151,287 ±105
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$233,000 ±$21,817 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New Columbus: $186,000 ±$8,363
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Luzerne County: $174,100 ±$3,161
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767

4.3% ±2.8% (144  ±96.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in New Columbus: 0.7% † 2 (±6.9% / ±21)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Luzerne County: 10.7% 34,857 (±0.7% / ±2,172.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

91.2% ±3% (2,391  ±204.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in New Columbus: 94.7% † 214 (±45.8% / ±65.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Luzerne County: 90.2% 210,469 (±1.3% / ±3,128.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
18.3% ±3% (480  ±86.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New Columbus: 11.5% † 26 (±10.6% / ±25.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Luzerne County: 25.3% 59,052 (±0.7% / ±1,720.1)
  • about half 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% ±0.2% (11  ±8) Foreign-born population
  • New Columbus: 0%
  • 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

9.7% ±3.7% (276  ±107) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in New Columbus: 9.7% † 25 (±6.8% / ±20)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Luzerne County: 6.5% 17,059 (±0.3% / ±835)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
276 Total veterans ±107 252 Male ±105 24 Female ±30

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