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Wyoming Valley West School District, PA

41,858 Population
14.7 square miles 2,838 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.2 ±1.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Luzerne County: 42 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$35,876 ±$2,210 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Luzerne County: $36,493 ±$694
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$56,824 ±$4,179 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Luzerne County: $63,691 ±$1,684
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

17.5% ±2.5% (7,241  ±1,051) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Luzerne County: 15.3% 48,510 (±0.7% / ±2,176)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)

21.2 minutes ±1.1 (377,720  ±27,076) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Luzerne County: 23.5 3,152,010 (±0.5 / ±79,782)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

18,312 ±489 Number of households
  • Luzerne County: 135,055 ±904
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
2.3 ±0.1 (41,427  ±214) Persons per household
  • 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

6.5% ±2.1% (597  ±195) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Luzerne County: 5.2% † 3,634 (±0.7% / ±505)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)

Housing

20,265 ±556 Number of housing units
  • Luzerne County: 151,287 ±105
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$150,400 ±$6,766 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Luzerne County: $174,100 ±$3,161
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767

10.8% ±2% (4,489  ±839.7) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Luzerne County: 10.7% 34,857 (±0.7% / ±2,172.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

90.4% ±3.6% (27,046  ±1,205.4) 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)
23.3% ±1.9% (6,987  ±583.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Luzerne County: 25.3% 59,052 (±0.7% / ±1,720.1)
  • about two-thirds 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

4.7% ±1.4% (1,973  ±568) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Luzerne County: 9.6% 31,554
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975

5.8% ±0.9% (1,896  ±291) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Luzerne County: 6.5% 17,059 (±0.3% / ±835)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
1,896 Total veterans ±291 1,780 Male ±285 116 Female ±62

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