Plains vs West Pittston

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

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

West Pittston has the higher population (4,645 vs 4,369 in Plains). Plains has the higher median household income ($65,417 vs $62,431 in West Pittston). West Pittston has the higher median home value ($163,200 vs $141,800 in Plains).

Population, income & housing

	Plains	West Pittston
Population	4,369	4,645
Median age	43.4 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$65,417	$62,431
Median home value	$141,800	$163,200
Median gross rent	$950	$846
Housing units	2,034	2,274
Homeownership rate	71.8%	55.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.7%	34.4%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plains	West Pittston
Population	3,866 → 4,369 (+13.0%)	4,786 → 4,645 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$54,605 → $65,417 (+19.8%)	$53,443 → $62,431 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$97,000 → $141,800 (+46.2%)	$121,600 → $163,200 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	$768 → $950 (+23.7%)	$728 → $846 (+16.2%)

Plains

Population

3,8664,369

Median household income

$54,605$65,417

Median home value

$97,000$141,800

Median gross rent

$768$950

West Pittston

Population

4,7864,645

Median household income

$53,443$62,431

Median home value

$121,600$163,200

Median gross rent

$728$846

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plains	West Pittston
Under 5	3.4%	7.2%
5 to 17	14.4%	12.9%
18 to 24	3.8%	8.8%
25 to 34	14.1%	13.9%
35 to 44	17.2%	16.0%
45 to 54	9.9%	12.6%
55 to 64	14.1%	9.5%
65 to 74	13.9%	12.7%
75 and over	9.1%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plains	West Pittston
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	92.2%
Black or African American	3.3%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plains	West Pittston
No high school diploma	6.2%	1.7%
High school graduate	32.2%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plains	West Pittston
Drove alone	81.6%	76.7%
Carpooled	7.4%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	7.7%
Other means	1.1%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plains	West Pittston
1-unit, detached	67.8%	59.5%
1-unit, attached	17.9%	18.6%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.9%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Plains	West Pittston
Poverty rate	19.4%	13.5%
Average household size	2.44	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	20	17
Median year structure built	1943	1938