Mountain Top vs Wilkes-Barre

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

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

Wilkes-Barre has the higher population (44,217 vs 11,856 in Mountain Top). Mountain Top has the higher median household income ($105,286 vs $47,970 in Wilkes-Barre). Mountain Top has the higher median home value ($274,600 vs $108,000 in Wilkes-Barre).

Population, income & housing

	Mountain Top	Wilkes-Barre
Population	11,856	44,217
Median age	44.0 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$105,286	$47,970
Median home value	$274,600	$108,000
Median gross rent	$843	$939
Housing units	4,577	19,993
Homeownership rate	89.8%	48.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.6%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mountain Top	Wilkes-Barre
Population	11,489 → 11,856 (+3.2%)	40,867 → 44,217 (+8.2%)
Median household income	$85,560 → $105,286 (+23.1%)	$37,902 → $47,970 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$211,800 → $274,600 (+29.7%)	$75,100 → $108,000 (+43.8%)
Median gross rent	$714 → $843 (+18.1%)	$766 → $939 (+22.6%)

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

Wilkes-Barre

Population

40,86744,217

Median household income

$37,902$47,970

Median home value

$75,100$108,000

Median gross rent

$766$939

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mountain Top	Wilkes-Barre
Under 5	3.7%	5.9%
5 to 17	21.6%	15.9%
18 to 24	6.1%	13.5%
25 to 34	6.3%	14.3%
35 to 44	13.8%	14.0%
45 to 54	19.0%	9.9%
55 to 64	12.1%	11.1%
65 to 74	12.1%	8.6%
75 and over	5.2%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mountain Top	Wilkes-Barre
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	51.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	11.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.7%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	30.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mountain Top	Wilkes-Barre
No high school diploma	3.9%	15.0%
High school graduate	21.9%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	26.8%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	17.8%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mountain Top	Wilkes-Barre
Drove alone	74.9%	70.4%
Carpooled	8.0%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	2.3%
Walked	0.2%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	16.5%	7.4%
Other means	0.4%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mountain Top	Wilkes-Barre
1-unit, detached	84.7%	51.0%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	13.1%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	16.5%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	6.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	12.7%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Mountain Top	Wilkes-Barre
Poverty rate	8.2%	21.1%
Average household size	2.62	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	26	20
Median year structure built	1985	1943