Pittston vs Swoyersville

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

Pittston and Swoyersville 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 5,014 in Swoyersville). Swoyersville has the higher median household income ($67,558 vs $47,525 in Pittston). Swoyersville has the higher median home value ($137,000 vs $114,900 in Pittston).

Population, income & housing

	Pittston	Swoyersville
Population	7,618	5,014
Median age	38.5 yrs	53.3 yrs
Median household income	$47,525	$67,558
Median home value	$114,900	$137,000
Median gross rent	$755	$733
Housing units	3,951	2,512
Homeownership rate	48.4%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	29.0%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pittston	Swoyersville
Population	7,765 → 7,618 (-1.9%)	5,017 → 5,014 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$37,536 → $47,525 (+26.6%)	$53,643 → $67,558 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$92,400 → $114,900 (+24.4%)	$125,500 → $137,000 (+9.2%)
Median gross rent	$742 → $755 (+1.8%)	$692 → $733 (+5.9%)

Pittston

Population

7,7657,618

Median household income

$37,536$47,525

Median home value

$92,400$114,900

Median gross rent

$742$755

Swoyersville

Population

5,0175,014

Median household income

$53,643$67,558

Median home value

$125,500$137,000

Median gross rent

$692$733

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pittston	Swoyersville
Under 5	4.9%	3.6%
5 to 17	14.2%	8.8%
18 to 24	6.4%	7.4%
25 to 34	21.8%	11.1%
35 to 44	8.6%	11.0%
45 to 54	10.3%	11.5%
55 to 64	14.8%	18.0%
65 to 74	10.8%	17.5%
75 and over	8.4%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pittston	Swoyersville
White (non-Hispanic)	82.4%	91.3%
Black or African American	5.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pittston	Swoyersville
No high school diploma	5.9%	1.4%
High school graduate	43.4%	41.5%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pittston	Swoyersville
Drove alone	78.4%	86.5%
Carpooled	9.3%	5.5%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	5.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pittston	Swoyersville
1-unit, detached	46.3%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	17.5%	12.2%
2 to 4 units	19.5%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	11.9%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Pittston	Swoyersville
Poverty rate	22.7%	9.7%
Average household size	2.10	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1946	1960