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Wyoming County, PA

Demographic and economic profile of Wyoming County, PA, sourced from the US Census Bureau (American Community Survey) via Data USA.

AI Overview

Wyoming County, PA is a small rural county of 26,075 residents with a high school attainment rate of 92.4% but a limited college-educated workforce—only 21.5% hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The labor force participation rate of 58.3% reflects a workforce constrained by a median age of 45.1 years and a population that has contracted 5.5% over five years. Housing costs remain low, with a median home value of $205,600 and median gross rent of $897/month, while median worker earnings of $41,138 and an unemployment rate of 4.7% round out a modest but stable cost profile.

Claude Sonnet 4.6 · generated Jul 6, 2026 · derived from cached Census, BEA & ACS data on this page

Population

26,075

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Household Income

$72,460

Data USA · as of 2024

Median Age

45.1 yrs

Data USA · as of 2024

Population Growth (5-year)

-5.5% since 2018

Wyoming County lost population at this rate over the prior 5-year ACS5 window.

Demographics

Race & Ethnicity

  • White Alone24,372 (93.9%)
  • Two Races Excluding Some Other Race, & Three or More Races596 (2.3%)
  • Two Races Including Some Other Race588 (2.3%)
  • Some Other Race Alone165 (0.6%)
  • Black or African American Alone153 (0.6%)
  • Asian Alone63 (0.2%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Languages Spoken at Home

  1. 1.Spanish272
  2. 2.German or other West Germanic75
  3. 3.Other Indo-European62
  4. 4.Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)29
  5. 5.Korean22

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population Under 18

19.3%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Working-Age (18–64)

58.3%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Population 65 and Over

22.4%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Foreign-Born Population

1.7%

Data USA · as of 2024

Veterans

1,586

Data USA · as of 2024

Economy

GDP per Capita

$56,065

Data USA · as of 2023

Cost of Living Index

—

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Per Capita Income

$39,484

Census ACS · as of 2023

Unemployment Rate

4.7%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Poverty Rate

11.4%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Top Industries

  1. 1.Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance2,439
  2. 2.Manufacturing (Group)1,693
  3. 3.Retail Trade (Group)1,296
  4. 4.Construction (Group)1,220
  5. 5.Arts, Entertainment, & Recreation, & Accommodation & Food Services1,021

Data USA · as of 2024

Top Occupations

  1. 1.Management, Business, Science, & Arts Occupations3,840
  2. 2.Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations2,435
  3. 3.Sales & Office Occupations2,148
  4. 4.Service Occupations1,989
  5. 5.Natural Resources, Construction, & Maintenance Occupations1,592

Data USA · as of 2024

Specialized Industries (Location Quotient)

  1. 1.Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining (LQ 1.74×)333
  2. 2.Construction (LQ 1.40×)1,164
  3. 3.Manufacturing (LQ 1.39×)1,659
  4. 4.Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities (LQ 1.29×)905
  5. 5.Other Services (LQ 1.13×)640

Census ACS · as of 2023

Housing

Median Home Value

$205,600

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Gross Rent

$897/mo

Census ACS · as of 2023

Homeownership Rate

77.9%

Data USA · as of 2024

Home Value Distribution

  • $200,000 to $249,9991,515 (17.8%)
  • $300,000 to $399,9991,262 (14.8%)
  • $150,000 to $174,9991,005 (11.8%)
  • $250,000 to $299,999946 (11.1%)
  • $175,000 to $199,999575 (6.8%)
  • $100,000 to $124,999573 (6.7%)

Data USA · as of 2024

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Higher

21.5%

Census ACS · as of 2023

High School Diploma or Higher

92.4%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Workforce

Labor Force Participation

58.3%

Census ACS · as of 2023

Median Worker Earnings

$41,138

Census ACS · as of 2023

Mean Commute Time

25.6 min

Data USA · as of 2024

Households Without a Vehicle

5.4%

Census ACS · as of 2023

How People Get to Work

  • Drove Alone9,538 (80.6%)
  • Worked At Home976 (8.3%)
  • Carpooled912 (7.7%)
  • Walked303 (2.6%)
  • Other57 (0.5%)
  • Bicycle26 (0.2%)

Data USA · as of 2024

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Data: US Census Bureau American Community Survey, served via Data USA and the Census Bureau API. See each metric tile for the specific dataset.