Duryea vs West Pittston

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

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

Duryea has the higher population (5,054 vs 4,645 in West Pittston). Duryea has the higher median household income ($64,028 vs $62,431 in West Pittston). West Pittston has the higher median home value ($163,200 vs $142,900 in Duryea).

Population, income & housing

	Duryea	West Pittston
Population	5,054	4,645
Median age	39.7 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$64,028	$62,431
Median home value	$142,900	$163,200
Median gross rent	$1,056	$846
Housing units	2,288	2,274
Homeownership rate	71.1%	55.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	34.4%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Duryea	West Pittston
Population	4,863 → 5,054 (+3.9%)	4,786 → 4,645 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$60,707 → $64,028 (+5.5%)	$53,443 → $62,431 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$120,600 → $142,900 (+18.5%)	$121,600 → $163,200 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	$778 → $1,056 (+35.7%)	$728 → $846 (+16.2%)

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 Pittston

Population

4,7864,645

Median household income

$53,443$62,431

Median home value

$121,600$163,200

Median gross rent

$728$846

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Duryea	West Pittston
Under 5	6.1%	7.2%
5 to 17	17.7%	12.9%
18 to 24	6.2%	8.8%
25 to 34	15.0%	13.9%
35 to 44	11.5%	16.0%
45 to 54	13.1%	12.6%
55 to 64	10.9%	9.5%
65 to 74	12.6%	12.7%
75 and over	7.0%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Duryea	West Pittston
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	18.3%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Duryea	West Pittston
No high school diploma	7.4%	1.7%
High school graduate	40.1%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Duryea	West Pittston
Drove alone	70.4%	76.7%
Carpooled	10.0%	12.7%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.5%	7.7%
Other means	3.4%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Duryea	West Pittston
1-unit, detached	74.2%	59.5%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	18.6%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	0.8%
20 or more units	3.8%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Duryea	West Pittston
Poverty rate	21.4%	13.5%
Average household size	2.42	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	24	17
Median year structure built	1952	1938