Pittston vs Plymouth

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

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

Pittston has the higher population (7,618 vs 5,761 in Plymouth). Pittston has the higher median household income ($47,525 vs $42,348 in Plymouth). Pittston has the higher median home value ($114,900 vs $85,400 in Plymouth).

Population, income & housing

	Pittston	Plymouth
Population	7,618	5,761
Median age	38.5 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$47,525	$42,348
Median home value	$114,900	$85,400
Median gross rent	$755	$923
Housing units	3,951	2,971
Homeownership rate	48.4%	48.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	11.7%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pittston	Plymouth
Population	7,765 → 7,618 (-1.9%)	5,820 → 5,761 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$37,536 → $47,525 (+26.6%)	$42,754 → $42,348 (-0.9%)
Median home value	$92,400 → $114,900 (+24.4%)	$72,100 → $85,400 (+18.4%)
Median gross rent	$742 → $755 (+1.8%)	$720 → $923 (+28.2%)

Pittston

Population

7,7657,618

Median household income

$37,536$47,525

Median home value

$92,400$114,900

Median gross rent

$742$755

Plymouth

Population

5,8205,761

Median household income

$42,754$42,348

Median home value

$72,100$85,400

Median gross rent

$720$923

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pittston	Plymouth
Under 5	4.9%	5.8%
5 to 17	14.2%	19.7%
18 to 24	6.4%	6.6%
25 to 34	21.8%	12.5%
35 to 44	8.6%	12.5%
45 to 54	10.3%	13.6%
55 to 64	14.8%	13.3%
65 to 74	10.8%	9.8%
75 and over	8.4%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pittston	Plymouth
White (non-Hispanic)	82.4%	78.3%
Black or African American	5.6%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pittston	Plymouth
No high school diploma	5.9%	15.7%
High school graduate	43.4%	46.1%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pittston	Plymouth
Drove alone	78.4%	75.5%
Carpooled	9.3%	10.9%
Public transit	1.5%	1.2%
Walked	3.5%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	3.4%
Other means	0.4%	4.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pittston	Plymouth
1-unit, detached	46.3%	42.7%
1-unit, attached	17.5%	28.6%
2 to 4 units	19.5%	17.3%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	9.2%
20 or more units	11.9%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Pittston	Plymouth
Poverty rate	22.7%	21.4%
Average household size	2.10	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1946	1941