Duryea vs Pittston

A side-by-side comparison of Duryea and Pittston: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pittston has the higher population (7,618 vs 5,054 in Duryea). Duryea has the higher median household income ($64,028 vs $47,525 in Pittston). Duryea has the higher median home value ($142,900 vs $114,900 in Pittston).

Population, income & housing

	Duryea	Pittston
Population	5,054	7,618
Median age	39.7 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$64,028	$47,525
Median home value	$142,900	$114,900
Median gross rent	$1,056	$755
Housing units	2,288	3,951
Homeownership rate	71.1%	48.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Duryea	Pittston
Population	4,863 → 5,054 (+3.9%)	7,765 → 7,618 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$60,707 → $64,028 (+5.5%)	$37,536 → $47,525 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$120,600 → $142,900 (+18.5%)	$92,400 → $114,900 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	$778 → $1,056 (+35.7%)	$742 → $755 (+1.8%)

Duryea

Population

4,8635,054

Median household income

$60,707$64,028

Median home value

$120,600$142,900

Median gross rent

$778$1,056

Pittston

Population

7,7657,618

Median household income

$37,536$47,525

Median home value

$92,400$114,900

Median gross rent

$742$755

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Duryea	Pittston
Under 5	6.1%	4.9%
5 to 17	17.7%	14.2%
18 to 24	6.2%	6.4%
25 to 34	15.0%	21.8%
35 to 44	11.5%	8.6%
45 to 54	13.1%	10.3%
55 to 64	10.9%	14.8%
65 to 74	12.6%	10.8%
75 and over	7.0%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Duryea	Pittston
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	82.4%
Black or African American	0.1%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	18.3%	8.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Duryea	Pittston
No high school diploma	7.4%	5.9%
High school graduate	40.1%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Duryea	Pittston
Drove alone	70.4%	78.4%
Carpooled	10.0%	9.3%
Public transit	0.5%	1.5%
Walked	1.2%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	14.5%	6.2%
Other means	3.4%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Duryea	Pittston
1-unit, detached	74.2%	46.3%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	17.5%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	19.5%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	4.4%
20 or more units	3.8%	11.9%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Duryea	Pittston
Poverty rate	21.4%	22.7%
Average household size	2.42	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1952	1946