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Northwest Area School District, PA

8,243 Population
118.5 square miles 69.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.4 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Luzerne County: 42 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,060 ±$2,984 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Luzerne County: $36,493 ±$694
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$69,215 ±$4,519 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Luzerne County: $63,691 ±$1,684
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.3% ±2% (589  ±164) Persons below poverty line
  • 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)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

34.6 minutes ±1.4 (108,850  ±10,355) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Luzerne County: 23.5 3,152,010 (±0.5 / ±79,782)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,432 ±170 Number of households
  • Luzerne County: 135,055 ±904
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (8,165  ±473) Persons per household
  • 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
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.3% ±2.7% (87  ±45) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Luzerne County: 5.2% † 3,634 (±0.7% / ±505)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,877 ±180 Number of housing units
  • Luzerne County: 151,287 ±105
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$207,800 ±$14,419 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Luzerne County: $174,100 ±$3,161
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.8% ±1.5% (312  ±122.5) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Luzerne County: 10.7% 34,857 (±0.7% / ±2,172.6)
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92% ±2.8% (5,701  ±347.8) High school grad or higher
  • 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)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.8% ±2.3% (1,166  ±157.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • 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)
  • about half 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

1% ±0.7% (78  ±57) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Luzerne County: 9.6% 31,554
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.3% ±1.7% (696  ±123) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Luzerne County: 6.5% 17,059 (±0.3% / ±835)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
696 Total veterans ±123 653 Male ±123 43 Female ±34

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