Nanticoke vs Pittston

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

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

Nanticoke has the higher population (10,610 vs 7,618 in Pittston). Nanticoke has the higher median household income ($60,340 vs $47,525 in Pittston). Pittston has the higher median home value ($114,900 vs $103,800 in Nanticoke).

Population, income & housing

	Nanticoke	Pittston
Population	10,610	7,618
Median age	39.6 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$60,340	$47,525
Median home value	$103,800	$114,900
Median gross rent	$787	$755
Housing units	5,109	3,951
Homeownership rate	58.3%	48.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	21.3%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nanticoke	Pittston
Population	10,304 → 10,610 (+3.0%)	7,765 → 7,618 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$42,735 → $60,340 (+41.2%)	$37,536 → $47,525 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$80,300 → $103,800 (+29.3%)	$92,400 → $114,900 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	$667 → $787 (+18.0%)	$742 → $755 (+1.8%)

Nanticoke

Population

10,30410,610

Median household income

$42,735$60,340

Median home value

$80,300$103,800

Median gross rent

$667$787

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)

	Nanticoke	Pittston
Under 5	5.6%	4.9%
5 to 17	15.1%	14.2%
18 to 24	8.4%	6.4%
25 to 34	14.2%	21.8%
35 to 44	12.3%	8.6%
45 to 54	13.7%	10.3%
55 to 64	12.5%	14.8%
65 to 74	11.5%	10.8%
75 and over	6.7%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nanticoke	Pittston
White (non-Hispanic)	78.9%	82.4%
Black or African American	8.1%	5.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.8%	8.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nanticoke	Pittston
No high school diploma	12.9%	5.9%
High school graduate	40.0%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nanticoke	Pittston
Drove alone	73.6%	78.4%
Carpooled	14.8%	9.3%
Public transit	0.8%	1.5%
Walked	3.2%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	7.0%	6.2%
Other means	0.7%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nanticoke	Pittston
1-unit, detached	55.2%	46.3%
1-unit, attached	18.3%	17.5%
2 to 4 units	16.3%	19.5%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	4.4%
20 or more units	6.0%	11.9%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Nanticoke	Pittston
Poverty rate	17.7%	22.7%
Average household size	2.40	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1945	1946