Plymouth vs West Hazleton

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

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

Plymouth has the higher population (5,761 vs 5,156 in West Hazleton). West Hazleton has the higher median household income ($46,968 vs $42,348 in Plymouth). West Hazleton has the higher median home value ($108,800 vs $85,400 in Plymouth).

Population, income & housing

	Plymouth	West Hazleton
Population	5,761	5,156
Median age	39.1 yrs	30.7 yrs
Median household income	$42,348	$46,968
Median home value	$85,400	$108,800
Median gross rent	$923	$1,097
Housing units	2,971	1,844
Homeownership rate	48.4%	60.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plymouth	West Hazleton
Population	5,820 → 5,761 (-1.0%)	4,376 → 5,156 (+17.8%)
Median household income	$42,754 → $42,348 (-0.9%)	$41,444 → $46,968 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$72,100 → $85,400 (+18.4%)	$71,400 → $108,800 (+52.4%)
Median gross rent	$720 → $923 (+28.2%)	$906 → $1,097 (+21.1%)

Plymouth

Population

5,8205,761

Median household income

$42,754$42,348

Median home value

$72,100$85,400

Median gross rent

$720$923

West Hazleton

Population

4,3765,156

Median household income

$41,444$46,968

Median home value

$71,400$108,800

Median gross rent

$906$1,097

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plymouth	West Hazleton
Under 5	5.8%	8.0%
5 to 17	19.7%	25.7%
18 to 24	6.6%	10.7%
25 to 34	12.5%	15.2%
35 to 44	12.5%	9.2%
45 to 54	13.6%	9.9%
55 to 64	13.3%	8.6%
65 to 74	9.8%	7.6%
75 and over	6.1%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plymouth	West Hazleton
White (non-Hispanic)	78.3%	23.2%
Black or African American	5.8%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.8%
Some other race	0.6%	1.2%
Two or more races	3.6%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.4%	65.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plymouth	West Hazleton
No high school diploma	15.7%	22.0%
High school graduate	46.1%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	17.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plymouth	West Hazleton
Drove alone	75.5%	70.5%
Carpooled	10.9%	18.9%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	4.4%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	0.1%
Other means	4.6%	10.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plymouth	West Hazleton
1-unit, detached	42.7%	43.5%
1-unit, attached	28.6%	29.9%
2 to 4 units	17.3%	18.1%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	8.5%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Plymouth	West Hazleton
Poverty rate	21.4%	24.4%
Average household size	2.38	3.25
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1941	1945