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West Pittston, PA

4,645 Population
0.8 square miles 5,667.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.1 ±5.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 42.2 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,302 ±$4,850 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: $35,586 ±$574
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$62,431 ±$14,618 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: $63,656 ±$874
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

13.5% ±8.7% (626  ±405) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 14.7% 80,657 (±0.5% / ±2,869)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

17.3 minutes ±2 (39,920  ±6,457) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 22.8 5,421,140 (±0.3 / ±98,273)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

2,138 ±137 Number of households
  • the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 232,592 ±1,321
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.2 ±0.1 (4,640  ±33) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 2.4 547,953 (±0 / ±132)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

4.1% ±4.8% (49  ±58) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 5.2% 6,297 (±0.5% / ±622)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

2,274 ±179 Number of housing units
  • the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 263,883 ±257
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$163,200 ±$26,055 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: $176,500 ±$2,393
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

10.4% ±5% (479  ±231.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 11.7% 65,588 (±0.5% / ±2,752.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

98.3% ±11.3% (3,246  ±491.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 91.1% 367,481 (±1% / ±4,057.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
34.4% ±7% (1,136  ±255.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 26.8% 107,952 (±0.6% / ±2,457.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4% ±4% (186  ±185) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 7.3% 41,426
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

6.3% ±3.4% (235  ±126) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 6.9% 30,949 (±0.3% / ±1,194)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
235 Total veterans ±126 193 Male ±110 42 Female ±57

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