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Census Tract 2172, Luzerne, PA

3,591 Population
0.8 square miles 4,231.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.2 ±6.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Hazleton: 37.5 ±2.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Luzerne County: 42 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$20,358 ±$5,483 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Hazleton: $22,188 ±$1,753
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Luzerne County: $36,493 ±$694
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$37,217 ±$27,839 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Hazleton: $46,177 † ±$7,152
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Luzerne County: $63,691 ±$1,684
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

29% ±8.3% (1,038  ±348) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Hazleton: 25% † 7,448 (±3.7% / ±1,092)
  • nearly double the rate in Luzerne County: 15.3% 48,510 (±0.7% / ±2,176)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)

24.1 minutes ±3.9 (35,300  ±12,245) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hazleton: 21.3 † 272,065 (±2.1 / ±32,701)
  • about the same as 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

1,605 ±361 Number of households
  • Hazleton: 11,599 ±605
  • Luzerne County: 135,055 ±904
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
2.2 ±0.6 (3,591  ±633) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hazleton: 2.6 29,788 (±0.1 / ±39)
  • 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

6.1% ±4.9% (57  ±49) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hazleton: 6.7% † 470 (±2.8% / ±201)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Luzerne County: 5.2% † 3,634 (±0.7% / ±505)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)

Housing

1,736 ±357 Number of housing units
  • Hazleton: 12,567 ±624
  • Luzerne County: 151,287 ±105
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$148,500 ±$85,507 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Hazleton: $151,600 ±$13,104
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Luzerne County: $174,100 ±$3,161
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767

4.3% ±3.2% (152  ±116.9) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Hazleton: 10.5% † 3,140 (±3% / ±887.3)
  • 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

65.4% ±12.1% (1,613  ±423.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hazleton: 74.6% 14,902 (±4.9% / ±1,078.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Luzerne County: 90.2% 210,469 (±1.3% / ±3,128.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
9.4% ±7.3% (233  ±185.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hazleton: 10.8% † 2,159 (±1.8% / ±367.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Luzerne County: 25.3% 59,052 (±0.7% / ±1,720.1)
  • about one-quarter 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

46% ±9.4% (1,653  ±446) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Hazleton: 38% † 11,430 (±3.8% / ±1,149)
  • more than double the rate in Luzerne County: 9.6% 31,554
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975

4.4% ±2.3% (119  ±67) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Hazleton: 3.3% † 743 (±0.9% / ±205)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Luzerne County: 6.5% 17,059 (±0.3% / ±835)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
119 Total veterans ±67 111 Male ±64 8 Female ±17

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