Hazleton vs Nanticoke

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

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

Hazleton has the higher population (29,886 vs 10,610 in Nanticoke). Nanticoke has the higher median household income ($60,340 vs $43,379 in Hazleton). Hazleton has the higher median home value ($129,000 vs $103,800 in Nanticoke).

Population, income & housing

	Hazleton	Nanticoke
Population	29,886	10,610
Median age	37.6 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$43,379	$60,340
Median home value	$129,000	$103,800
Median gross rent	$1,015	$787
Housing units	12,681	5,109
Homeownership rate	48.5%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hazleton	Nanticoke
Population	24,857 → 29,886 (+20.2%)	10,304 → 10,610 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$40,467 → $43,379 (+7.2%)	$42,735 → $60,340 (+41.2%)
Median home value	$97,900 → $129,000 (+31.8%)	$80,300 → $103,800 (+29.3%)
Median gross rent	$812 → $1,015 (+25.0%)	$667 → $787 (+18.0%)

Hazleton

Population

24,85729,886

Median household income

$40,467$43,379

Median home value

$97,900$129,000

Median gross rent

$812$1,015

Nanticoke

Population

10,30410,610

Median household income

$42,735$60,340

Median home value

$80,300$103,800

Median gross rent

$667$787

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hazleton	Nanticoke
Under 5	6.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	17.3%	15.1%
18 to 24	10.6%	8.4%
25 to 34	12.4%	14.2%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.3%
45 to 54	14.3%	13.7%
55 to 64	11.9%	12.5%
65 to 74	6.9%	11.5%
75 and over	8.2%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hazleton	Nanticoke
White (non-Hispanic)	33.7%	78.9%
Black or African American	1.7%	8.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	63.1%	10.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hazleton	Nanticoke
No high school diploma	25.0%	12.9%
High school graduate	37.7%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hazleton	Nanticoke
Drove alone	67.6%	73.6%
Carpooled	23.4%	14.8%
Public transit	2.1%	0.8%
Walked	2.3%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	7.0%
Other means	1.6%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hazleton	Nanticoke
1-unit, detached	39.1%	55.2%
1-unit, attached	32.2%	18.3%
2 to 4 units	17.5%	16.3%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	4.1%
20 or more units	3.5%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Hazleton	Nanticoke
Poverty rate	27.0%	17.7%
Average household size	2.56	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1951	1945