Duryea vs West Hazleton

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

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

West Hazleton has the higher population (5,156 vs 5,054 in Duryea). Duryea has the higher median household income ($64,028 vs $46,968 in West Hazleton). Duryea has the higher median home value ($142,900 vs $108,800 in West Hazleton).

Population, income & housing

	Duryea	West Hazleton
Population	5,054	5,156
Median age	39.7 yrs	30.7 yrs
Median household income	$64,028	$46,968
Median home value	$142,900	$108,800
Median gross rent	$1,056	$1,097
Housing units	2,288	1,844
Homeownership rate	71.1%	60.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Duryea	West Hazleton
Population	4,863 → 5,054 (+3.9%)	4,376 → 5,156 (+17.8%)
Median household income	$60,707 → $64,028 (+5.5%)	$41,444 → $46,968 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$120,600 → $142,900 (+18.5%)	$71,400 → $108,800 (+52.4%)
Median gross rent	$778 → $1,056 (+35.7%)	$906 → $1,097 (+21.1%)

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

West Hazleton

Population

4,3765,156

Median household income

$41,444$46,968

Median home value

$71,400$108,800

Median gross rent

$906$1,097

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Duryea	West Hazleton
Under 5	6.1%	8.0%
5 to 17	17.7%	25.7%
18 to 24	6.2%	10.7%
25 to 34	15.0%	15.2%
35 to 44	11.5%	9.2%
45 to 54	13.1%	9.9%
55 to 64	10.9%	8.6%
65 to 74	12.6%	7.6%
75 and over	7.0%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Duryea	West Hazleton
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	23.2%
Black or African American	0.1%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.8%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	0.8%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	18.3%	65.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Duryea	West Hazleton
No high school diploma	7.4%	22.0%
High school graduate	40.1%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	17.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Duryea	West Hazleton
Drove alone	70.4%	70.5%
Carpooled	10.0%	18.9%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	0.1%
Other means	3.4%	10.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Duryea	West Hazleton
1-unit, detached	74.2%	43.5%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	29.9%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	18.1%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	8.5%
20 or more units	3.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Duryea	West Hazleton
Poverty rate	21.4%	24.4%
Average household size	2.42	3.25
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1952	1945