Swoyersville vs West Hazleton

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

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

West Hazleton has the higher population (5,156 vs 5,014 in Swoyersville). Swoyersville has the higher median household income ($67,558 vs $46,968 in West Hazleton). Swoyersville has the higher median home value ($137,000 vs $108,800 in West Hazleton).

Population, income & housing

	Swoyersville	West Hazleton
Population	5,014	5,156
Median age	53.3 yrs	30.7 yrs
Median household income	$67,558	$46,968
Median home value	$137,000	$108,800
Median gross rent	$733	$1,097
Housing units	2,512	1,844
Homeownership rate	81.7%	60.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.0%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Swoyersville	West Hazleton
Population	5,017 → 5,014 (-0.1%)	4,376 → 5,156 (+17.8%)
Median household income	$53,643 → $67,558 (+25.9%)	$41,444 → $46,968 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$125,500 → $137,000 (+9.2%)	$71,400 → $108,800 (+52.4%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $733 (+5.9%)	$906 → $1,097 (+21.1%)

Swoyersville

Population

5,0175,014

Median household income

$53,643$67,558

Median home value

$125,500$137,000

Median gross rent

$692$733

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)

	Swoyersville	West Hazleton
Under 5	3.6%	8.0%
5 to 17	8.8%	25.7%
18 to 24	7.4%	10.7%
25 to 34	11.1%	15.2%
35 to 44	11.0%	9.2%
45 to 54	11.5%	9.9%
55 to 64	18.0%	8.6%
65 to 74	17.5%	7.6%
75 and over	11.2%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Swoyersville	West Hazleton
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	23.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.8%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	0.8%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	65.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Swoyersville	West Hazleton
No high school diploma	1.4%	22.0%
High school graduate	41.5%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	17.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Swoyersville	West Hazleton
Drove alone	86.5%	70.5%
Carpooled	5.5%	18.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	0.1%
Other means	0.0%	10.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Swoyersville	West Hazleton
1-unit, detached	75.7%	43.5%
1-unit, attached	12.2%	29.9%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	18.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.5%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Swoyersville	West Hazleton
Poverty rate	9.7%	24.4%
Average household size	2.05	3.25
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1960	1945