Mountain Top vs Pittston

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

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

Mountain Top has the higher population (11,856 vs 7,618 in Pittston). Mountain Top has the higher median household income ($105,286 vs $47,525 in Pittston). Mountain Top has the higher median home value ($274,600 vs $114,900 in Pittston).

Population, income & housing

	Mountain Top	Pittston
Population	11,856	7,618
Median age	44.0 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$105,286	$47,525
Median home value	$274,600	$114,900
Median gross rent	$843	$755
Housing units	4,577	3,951
Homeownership rate	89.8%	48.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.6%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mountain Top	Pittston
Population	11,489 → 11,856 (+3.2%)	7,765 → 7,618 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$85,560 → $105,286 (+23.1%)	$37,536 → $47,525 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$211,800 → $274,600 (+29.7%)	$92,400 → $114,900 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	$714 → $843 (+18.1%)	$742 → $755 (+1.8%)

Mountain Top

Population

11,48911,856

Median household income

$85,560$105,286

Median home value

$211,800$274,600

Median gross rent

$714$843

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)

	Mountain Top	Pittston
Under 5	3.7%	4.9%
5 to 17	21.6%	14.2%
18 to 24	6.1%	6.4%
25 to 34	6.3%	21.8%
35 to 44	13.8%	8.6%
45 to 54	19.0%	10.3%
55 to 64	12.1%	14.8%
65 to 74	12.1%	10.8%
75 and over	5.2%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mountain Top	Pittston
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	82.4%
Black or African American	0.2%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	4.7%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	8.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mountain Top	Pittston
No high school diploma	3.9%	5.9%
High school graduate	21.9%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	26.8%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	17.8%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mountain Top	Pittston
Drove alone	74.9%	78.4%
Carpooled	8.0%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.5%
Walked	0.2%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	16.5%	6.2%
Other means	0.4%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mountain Top	Pittston
1-unit, detached	84.7%	46.3%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	17.5%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	19.5%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.9%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Mountain Top	Pittston
Poverty rate	8.2%	22.7%
Average household size	2.62	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1985	1946