Pittston vs Wilkes-Barre

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

Pittston 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 7,618 in Pittston). Wilkes-Barre has the higher median household income ($47,970 vs $47,525 in Pittston). Pittston has the higher median home value ($114,900 vs $108,000 in Wilkes-Barre).

Population, income & housing

	Pittston	Wilkes-Barre
Population	7,618	44,217
Median age	38.5 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$47,525	$47,970
Median home value	$114,900	$108,000
Median gross rent	$755	$939
Housing units	3,951	19,993
Homeownership rate	48.4%	48.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pittston	Wilkes-Barre
Population	7,765 → 7,618 (-1.9%)	40,867 → 44,217 (+8.2%)
Median household income	$37,536 → $47,525 (+26.6%)	$37,902 → $47,970 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$92,400 → $114,900 (+24.4%)	$75,100 → $108,000 (+43.8%)
Median gross rent	$742 → $755 (+1.8%)	$766 → $939 (+22.6%)

Pittston

Population

7,7657,618

Median household income

$37,536$47,525

Median home value

$92,400$114,900

Median gross rent

$742$755

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)

	Pittston	Wilkes-Barre
Under 5	4.9%	5.9%
5 to 17	14.2%	15.9%
18 to 24	6.4%	13.5%
25 to 34	21.8%	14.3%
35 to 44	8.6%	14.0%
45 to 54	10.3%	9.9%
55 to 64	14.8%	11.1%
65 to 74	10.8%	8.6%
75 and over	8.4%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pittston	Wilkes-Barre
White (non-Hispanic)	82.4%	51.9%
Black or African American	5.6%	11.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	30.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pittston	Wilkes-Barre
No high school diploma	5.9%	15.0%
High school graduate	43.4%	39.1%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pittston	Wilkes-Barre
Drove alone	78.4%	70.4%
Carpooled	9.3%	11.3%
Public transit	1.5%	2.3%
Walked	3.5%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.2%	7.4%
Other means	0.4%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pittston	Wilkes-Barre
1-unit, detached	46.3%	51.0%
1-unit, attached	17.5%	13.1%
2 to 4 units	19.5%	16.5%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	6.4%
20 or more units	11.9%	12.7%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Pittston	Wilkes-Barre
Poverty rate	22.7%	21.1%
Average household size	2.10	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	27	20
Median year structure built	1946	1943