Hazleton vs Pittston

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

Hazleton and Pittston 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 7,618 in Pittston). Pittston has the higher median household income ($47,525 vs $43,379 in Hazleton). Hazleton has the higher median home value ($129,000 vs $114,900 in Pittston).

Population, income & housing

	Hazleton	Pittston
Population	29,886	7,618
Median age	37.6 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$43,379	$47,525
Median home value	$129,000	$114,900
Median gross rent	$1,015	$755
Housing units	12,681	3,951
Homeownership rate	48.5%	48.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hazleton	Pittston
Population	24,857 → 29,886 (+20.2%)	7,765 → 7,618 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$40,467 → $43,379 (+7.2%)	$37,536 → $47,525 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$97,900 → $129,000 (+31.8%)	$92,400 → $114,900 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	$812 → $1,015 (+25.0%)	$742 → $755 (+1.8%)

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

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)

	Hazleton	Pittston
Under 5	6.4%	4.9%
5 to 17	17.3%	14.2%
18 to 24	10.6%	6.4%
25 to 34	12.4%	21.8%
35 to 44	12.2%	8.6%
45 to 54	14.3%	10.3%
55 to 64	11.9%	14.8%
65 to 74	6.9%	10.8%
75 and over	8.2%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hazleton	Pittston
White (non-Hispanic)	33.7%	82.4%
Black or African American	1.7%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	63.1%	8.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hazleton	Pittston
No high school diploma	25.0%	5.9%
High school graduate	37.7%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hazleton	Pittston
Drove alone	67.6%	78.4%
Carpooled	23.4%	9.3%
Public transit	2.1%	1.5%
Walked	2.3%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	3.0%	6.2%
Other means	1.6%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hazleton	Pittston
1-unit, detached	39.1%	46.3%
1-unit, attached	32.2%	17.5%
2 to 4 units	17.5%	19.5%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	4.4%
20 or more units	3.5%	11.9%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Hazleton	Pittston
Poverty rate	27.0%	22.7%
Average household size	2.56	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1951	1946