Dallas vs Luzerne

A side-by-side comparison of Dallas and Luzerne: population, income, housing, and more.

Dallas and Luzerne are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Luzerne has the higher population (2,720 vs 2,702 in Dallas). Dallas has the higher median household income ($81,364 vs $39,257 in Luzerne). Dallas has the higher median home value ($198,000 vs $113,700 in Luzerne).

Population, income & housing

	Dallas	Luzerne
Population	2,702	2,720
Median age	38.9 yrs	50.1 yrs
Median household income	$81,364	$39,257
Median home value	$198,000	$113,700
Median gross rent	$1,178	$758
Housing units	1,241	1,579
Homeownership rate	79.7%	59.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.4%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dallas	Luzerne
Population	2,804 → 2,702 (-3.6%)	2,817 → 2,720 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$80,903 → $81,364 (+0.6%)	$36,250 → $39,257 (+8.3%)
Median home value	$174,000 → $198,000 (+13.8%)	$87,700 → $113,700 (+29.6%)
Median gross rent	$819 → $1,178 (+43.8%)	$568 → $758 (+33.5%)

Dallas

Population

2,8042,702

Median household income

$80,903$81,364

Median home value

$174,000$198,000

Median gross rent

$819$1,178

Luzerne

Population

2,8172,720

Median household income

$36,250$39,257

Median home value

$87,700$113,700

Median gross rent

$568$758

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dallas	Luzerne
Under 5	3.4%	7.0%
5 to 17	20.1%	13.2%
18 to 24	6.5%	7.5%
25 to 34	9.8%	10.8%
35 to 44	17.6%	7.0%
45 to 54	9.4%	14.4%
55 to 64	13.9%	14.2%
65 to 74	9.7%	15.5%
75 and over	9.7%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dallas	Luzerne
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	91.6%
Black or African American	2.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dallas	Luzerne
No high school diploma	1.8%	12.7%
High school graduate	22.7%	34.5%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	26.6%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	23.7%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dallas	Luzerne
Drove alone	80.2%	79.2%
Carpooled	4.7%	2.4%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.2%
Worked from home	13.5%	12.7%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dallas	Luzerne
1-unit, detached	68.7%	67.3%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	10.6%
2 to 4 units	20.9%	13.2%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dallas	Luzerne
Poverty rate	17.7%	21.8%
Average household size	2.28	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	26	18
Median year structure built	1966	1943