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American Community Survey 2019–2023

Wilkes-Barre area census tracts by residents below the poverty level

Residents below the poverty level is highest in Georgetown CDP (east-northeast) (40.8%). This table ranks 101 eligible mapped census tracts.

Residents below the poverty level values are ACS five-year survey estimates. Percentage and median rankings exclude tracts below 500 residents; this reduces but does not eliminate sampling uncertainty.

#Census tract areaResidents below the poverty level
1Georgetown CDP (east-northeast)40.8%
2Ashley borough (southeast)38.2%
3Georgetown CDP (southwest 3)35.8%
4West Hazleton borough (north-northeast)35.1%
5Hazleton city (southwest)34.8%
6West Hazleton borough (east)33.8%
7Hazleton city (east-northeast)33.4%
8Hazleton city (north)33.1%
9Duryea borough (south-southwest)32.8%
10Hazleton city (northwest)32.1%
11Hudson CDP (west-southwest)28.9%
12Georgetown CDP (south-southwest)27.9%
13Edwardsville borough (north-northeast)27.2%
14Georgetown CDP (northeast 2)25.9%
15Plymouth borough25.4%
16Georgetown CDP (north-northeast)24.5%
17West Hazleton borough (north-northwest)24.4%
18Edwardsville borough (west-southwest)24%
19Wanamie CDP (north-northeast)23.5%
20Wilkes-Barre city (northeast)23.2%
21Sugar Notch borough (south)23.1%
22Kingston borough (southwest)22.2%
23Wanamie CDP (east)22.2%
24Luzerne borough21.8%
25Duryea borough (north-northeast)21.4%
26Lattimer CDP (northwest)21.3%
27Misericordia University CDP (west)21.2%
28Wilkes-Barre city (west-southwest)21.2%
29Freeland borough21.1%
30Wilkes-Barre city (south-southwest)20.6%
31Lattimer CDP (south)20.5%
32Pittston city20.4%
33Sugar Notch borough (west-northwest)20.3%
34Wanamie CDP (southwest)20.1%
35West Hazleton borough (southwest)19.8%
36West Nanticoke CDP (east-northeast)19.4%
37Courtdale borough19%
38Lattimer CDP (west-northwest)18.7%
39West Pittston borough (south-southeast)18.6%
40Larksville borough (southwest)18.3%
41Lattimer CDP (northeast)17.8%
42Dallas borough17.7%
43Larksville borough (east-southeast)17.6%
44Georgetown CDP (northeast 1)17.5%
45Wilkes-Barre city (south)16.4%
46Ashley borough (north)16%
47West Nanticoke CDP (east)15.9%
48Bear Creek Village borough (northwest)14.7%
49Sugar Notch borough (east)14.4%
50Wilkes-Barre city (north)14.2%
51Hudson CDP (north-northeast)13.7%
52Kingston borough (northeast)13.7%
53West Pittston borough (north-northwest)13.5%
54Ashley borough (southwest)13.4%
55Nanticoke city (south-southeast)13%
56Exeter borough12.8%
57Georgetown CDP (southwest 2)12.7%
58Hudson CDP (south-southeast)12.4%
59Forty Fort borough12.3%
60West Wyoming borough12.3%
61Hickory Hills CDP11.5%
62Upper Exeter CDP (west)11.2%
63Mountain Top CDP (south)10.9%
64Penn Lake Park borough10.8%
65Nanticoke city (north-northwest)10.5%
66Beech Mountain Lakes CDP (north-northwest)10.3%
67West Nanticoke CDP (west)10.1%
68Georgetown CDP (east-southeast)9.9%
69New Columbus borough (south-southwest)9.8%
70Swoyersville borough9.7%
71Beech Mountain Lakes CDP (south-southeast)9.3%
72Bear Creek Village borough (southeast)9.1%
73Georgetown CDP (southwest 1)8.6%
74Hughestown borough8.6%
75Yatesville borough8.1%
76Larksville borough (north-northwest)8%
77Edwardsville borough (southeast)7.6%
78Harveys Lake borough7.6%
79Upper Exeter CDP (east)7.6%
80Shickshinny borough (southwest)7.5%
81Mocanaqua CDP7.2%
82New Columbus borough (north-northeast)6.8%
83Mountain Top CDP (west)6.6%
84Wilkes-Barre city (east-northeast)6.6%
85Browntown CDP6.5%
86Avoca borough6.4%
87Conyngham borough (west)6.4%
88Conyngham borough (east)6.2%
89Dupont borough6.2%
90Pikes Creek CDP5.8%
91Shickshinny borough (northeast)5.7%
92East Berwick CDP5.5%
93Wyoming borough4.3%
94Chase CDP4.1%
95Trucksville CDP4%
96Mountain Top CDP (northeast)3.9%
97Nuangola borough3.9%
98Silkworth CDP3.5%
99Misericordia University CDP (east)2.6%
100Laflin borough2.3%
101Weston CDP2.1%

Method and source

Values come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates. Census tracts are small statistical areas, not necessarily neighbourhood boundaries. The result is a descriptive comparison of the mapped area, not a measure of individual households or a prediction. Read about the American Community Survey.