Swoyersville vs West Pittston

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

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

Swoyersville has the higher population (5,014 vs 4,645 in West Pittston). Swoyersville has the higher median household income ($67,558 vs $62,431 in West Pittston). West Pittston has the higher median home value ($163,200 vs $137,000 in Swoyersville).

Population, income & housing

	Swoyersville	West Pittston
Population	5,014	4,645
Median age	53.3 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$67,558	$62,431
Median home value	$137,000	$163,200
Median gross rent	$733	$846
Housing units	2,512	2,274
Homeownership rate	81.7%	55.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.0%	34.4%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Swoyersville	West Pittston
Population	5,017 → 5,014 (-0.1%)	4,786 → 4,645 (-2.9%)
Median household income	$53,643 → $67,558 (+25.9%)	$53,443 → $62,431 (+16.8%)
Median home value	$125,500 → $137,000 (+9.2%)	$121,600 → $163,200 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	$692 → $733 (+5.9%)	$728 → $846 (+16.2%)

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 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)

	Swoyersville	West Pittston
Under 5	3.6%	7.2%
5 to 17	8.8%	12.9%
18 to 24	7.4%	8.8%
25 to 34	11.1%	13.9%
35 to 44	11.0%	16.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	12.6%
55 to 64	18.0%	9.5%
65 to 74	17.5%	12.7%
75 and over	11.2%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Swoyersville	West Pittston
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Swoyersville	West Pittston
No high school diploma	1.4%	1.7%
High school graduate	41.5%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.9%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Swoyersville	West Pittston
Drove alone	86.5%	76.7%
Carpooled	5.5%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	7.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Swoyersville	West Pittston
1-unit, detached	75.7%	59.5%
1-unit, attached	12.2%	18.6%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	3.5%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Swoyersville	West Pittston
Poverty rate	9.7%	13.5%
Average household size	2.05	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	23	17
Median year structure built	1960	1938