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LUZERNE, PENNSYLVANIA QUICK STATSCounty: Luzerne
Incorporated: 1882
Elevation: 630 feet
Land Area: 0.69 square miles
Population Density: 4007 people per square mile
Races (City): White Non-Hispanic (98.7%)
Ancestries (City): Polish (27.8%), German (13.9%), Irish (11.8%), Italian (10.2%), English (7.7%), Lithuanian (7.2%)
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Scranton, PA (14.6 miles , pop. 76,415)
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Newark, NJ (96.9 miles , pop. 273,546)
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (97.2 miles , pop. 1,517,550)
Nearest cities: Courtdale borough, PA (0.8 miles ), Pringle borough, PA (0.8 miles ), Forty Fort borough, PA (1.0 miles ), Swoyersville borough, PA (1.1 miles ), Kingston borough, PA (1.1 miles ), Edwardsville borough, PA (1.2 miles ), Larksville borough, PA (1.6 miles ), Wilkes-Barre, PA (1.7 miles )
Luzerne Compared to State Average: Unemployed percentage below state average. Black race population percentage significantly below state average. Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average. Median age above state average. Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average. Length of stay since moving in significantly above state average. House age significantly above state average. Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
LUZERNE, PENNSYLVANIA EDUCATION FACTSHigh school or higher: 77.00%
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 10.00%
Graduate or professional degree: 2.10%
Colleges/Universities with over 2000 Students Nearest to Luzerne:
WILKES UNIVERSITY about 3 miles, WILKES BARRE, PA, Full-time enrollment: 2,438 LUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE about 9 miles, NANTICOKE, PA, FT enrollment: 3,582 UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON about 15 miles, SCRANTON, PA, FT enrollment: 4,093 MARYWOOD UNIVERSITY about 17 miles, SCRANTON, PA, FT enrollment: 2,203 BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA about 34 miles, BLOOMSBURG, PA, FT enrollment: 6,880 EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA about 42 miles, EAST STROUDSBURG, PA, FT enrollment: 4,985 LEHIGH CARBON COMMUNITY COLLEGE about 45 miles, SCHNECKSVILLE, PA, FT enrollment: 2,145
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