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Wilkes-Barre, PA

44,423 Population
6.8 square miles 6,486.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.7 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 42.1 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,979 ±$1,369 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: $36,939 ±$544
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$48,515 ±$3,623 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: $65,158 ±$1,000
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

23.1% ±3.1% (9,345  ±1,261) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 14.8% 81,315 (±0.6% / ±3,028)
  • about double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.7 minutes ±1.9 (360,545  ±36,805) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 22.7 5,306,305 (±0.3 / ±96,881)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

16,644 ±524 Number of households
  • the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 234,230 ±1,270
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (40,606  ±58) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 2.4 549,698 (±0 / ±121)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5% ±1.7% (587  ±204) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 5.2% † 6,321 (±0.5% / ±637)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

19,781 ±513 Number of housing units
  • the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 264,360 ±133
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$117,200 ±$5,329 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: $187,200 ±$3,082
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

17.2% ±2% (7,540  ±876.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 10.9% 61,393 (±0.5% / ±2,833.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.3% ±3.6% (23,643  ±1,183.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 90.9% 367,748 (±1% / ±4,002.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20.5% ±2.3% (5,740  ±654.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 27.2% 109,952 (±0.6% / ±2,274.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

16.9% ±2.1% (7,495  ±912) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 8.2% 46,554
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.2% ±0.8% (1,786  ±275) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 6.4% 28,798 (±0.2% / ±1,079)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,786 Total veterans ±275 1,700 Male ±269 86 Female ±48

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