County · Pennsylvania

Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Luzerne County, Pennsylvania has a quality-of-life score of 57 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #1,344 of 3,143 US counties. Within Pennsylvania it ranks #48 of 67 counties. It ranks best on mental health care shortage (low), primary care shortage (low) and flu vaccinations (high). It ranks worst on child care cost burden (high), effective property tax rate (high) and time spent in the emergency room (high).

57Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #1,344 of 3,143 counties
Pennsylvania: #48 of 67 in PA
Population: 332,126 (2025)
Land area: 890 mi²
Density: 373.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 42079

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 77 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety65#1,092/3,096
Economy34#2,076/3,143
Housing38#1,935/3,140
Health45#1,743/3,144
Healthcare73#835/3,143
Environment79#664/3,108
Education38#1,946/3,144
Infrastructure57#1,359/3,144
Community58#1,308/3,144
Leisure & amenities64#1,138/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Luzerne County, Pennsylvania ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Mental health care shortage · low0.0
96/100Pennsylvania 1.0United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Primary care shortage · low0.0
94/100Pennsylvania 1.0United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Flu vaccinations · high51.0%
91/100Pennsylvania 52.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Hot days · low3 days
91/100Pennsylvania 7 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Access to exercise opportunities · high88.9%
88/100Pennsylvania 86.3%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Traffic deaths · low10.0 /100k
84/100Pennsylvania 9.0 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional data

Weaknesses

Child care cost burden · high40.0%
7/100Pennsylvania 34.6%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Effective property tax rate · high1.35%
11/100Pennsylvania 1.25%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Time spent in the emergency room · high194 min
12/100Pennsylvania 191 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Dental care shortage · high18.0
13/100Pennsylvania 4.8United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services Administration
Unemployment rate · high5.3%
14/100Pennsylvania 4.3%United States 4.3%2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPartial year
Hospital quality rating · low2.0
14/100Pennsylvania 3.5United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 29% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+29 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
71.3% (2010 & 2021) → 88.9% (2022 & 2024)
+18 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Distance to an airportWorsening
46 mi (2020) → 82 mi (2025)
+78%5 yearsUS 33 mi → 33 mi
Drug overdose deathsImproving
62.3 /100k (2021) → 18.0 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−71%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Child care cost burdenWorsening
27.9% (2020 & 2021) → 40.0% (2023 & 2024)
+12 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
New business applicationsImproving
7.3 /1k (2020) → 11.6 /1k (2025)
+58%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania improved on 11 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 5. 14 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved11

Unemployment−5.2 points10.5% → 5.3%
Child poverty−5 points24.6% → 19.6%
Overdose deaths−64%50.1 /100k → 18.0 /100k
New businesses+58%7.3 /1k → 11.6 /1k
Violent crime−19%234 /100k → 188 /100k

Declined5

Airport+36 mi46 mi → 82 mi
Uninsured+1.2 points7.4% → 8.6%
Inequality+0.0150.449 → 0.464
Rent / income+1.3 points27.3% → 28.6%
Price / income+0.4×2.4× → 2.7×

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.0 /10k2020	2.8 /10k2025	−4.1%	Within the margin of error	27%
Average commute time	22.9 min2015-2019	23.5 min2020-2024	+0.7 min	Within the margin of error	43%
Average weekly wage	$9312020	$1,1202025	+20%	Improved	25%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%2015-2019	25.3%2020-2024	+2.4 points	Improved	45%
Broadband subscriptions	77.5%2015-2019	87.8%2020-2024	+10 points	Improved	54%
Child poverty rate	24.6%2019	19.6%2024	−5 points	Improved	89%
Distance to an airport	46 mi2020	82 mi2025	+36 mi	Declined	1%
Drug overdose deaths	50.1 /100k2020	18.0 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−64%	Improved	89%
Effective property tax rate	1.66%2015-2019	1.35%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	90%
Firearm deaths	12.0 /100k2020	13.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+9.2%	Within the margin of error	35%
Grocery stores	2.2 /10k2020	2.1 /10k2025	−6.2%	Within the margin of error	33%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.9 /10k2020	0.9 /10k2025	−5.4%	Within the margin of error	31%
High school diploma or higher	89.8%2015-2019	90.2%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	18%
Home price to income ratio	2.4×2015-2019	2.7×2020-2024	+0.4×	Declined	53%
Homicide rate	3.4 /100k2020	2.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−18%	Within the margin of error	39%
Income adjusted for local prices	$47,7502019	$58,9112024	+23%	Improved	8%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4492015-2019	0.4642020-2024	+0.015	Declined	29%
Median household income	$53,4392019	$66,2212024	+24%	Improved	45%
New business applications	7.3 /1k2020	11.6 /1k2025	+58%	Improved	67%
Pharmacies	2.4 /10k2020	2.0 /10k2025	−15%	Within the margin of error	33%
Poverty rate	15.2%2019	13.4%2024	−1.8 points	Within the margin of error	81%
Property crime rate	1,156 /100k2020	1,040 /100k2025	−10%	Improved	16%
Public libraries	0.5 /10k2019	0.5 /10k2024	−4.1%	Within the margin of error	29%
Public transit commuters	1.1%2015-2019	0.7%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Little change	37%
Rent as share of income	27.3%2015-2019	28.6%2020-2024	+1.3 points	Declined	35%
Rent-burdened households	43.6%2015-2019	46.4%2020-2024	+2.8 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Restaurants and bars	10.1 /10k2020	9.9 /10k2025	−1.5%	Within the margin of error	44%
Students per teacher	16.0×2019	15.8×2024	−0.2×	Little change	32%
Suicide rate	17.2 /100k2020	17.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+2.9%	Within the margin of error	52%
Traffic deaths	9.4 /100k2015-2019	10.0 /100k2020-2024	+5.5%	Within the margin of error	48%
Unemployment rate	10.5%2020	5.3%2025	−5.2 points	Improved	95%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.4%2019	8.6%2024	+1.2 points	Declined	8%
Violent crime rate	234 /100k2020	188 /100k2025	−19%	Improved	55%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Luzerne County, Pennsylvania five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania itself moved −2.9 points in standing on average over the same 32 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

327,675 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

135,055 households (±904)

Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $25k19%25,471
$25k–50k21%27,757
$50k–75k17%23,507

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

135,055 households (±904)

Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Own68%91,565
Rent32%43,490

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

150,240 workers (±1,941)

Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Drive alone75%112,006
Carpool10.0%15,009
Public transit0.7%1,002

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Luzerne County has 7,212 employer establishments, 219 for every 10,000 residents (0.88× the US rate of 248; 0.93× Pennsylvania's), with 139,382 paid employees at an average annual pay of $52,376. The Census Bureau also counts 23,062 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 7,212; 23,062 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 219; US 248 · Pennsylvania 236
Paid employees: 139,382
Average annual pay: $52,376; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Luzerne County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	709	21.6	1.03×About typical	11,096	$77,367	867
Restaurants and other eating places	597	18.2	0.99×About typical	8,691	$18,819	254
Specialty trade contractors	380	11.6	0.75×Fewer than typical	2,711	$70,265	1,315
Full-service restaurants	294	8.9	1.16×About typical	4,510	$19,550	130
Offices of physicians	283	8.6	1.33×More than typical	4,347	$117,740	145
Limited-service restaurants	229	7	0.87×About typical	3,292	$18,564	94
Services to buildings and dwellings	219	6.7	0.99×About typical	1,411	$42,737	1,205
Lessors of real estate	189	5.8	0.47×Fewer than typical	638	$47,252	2,343
Truck transportation	189	5.8	1.14×About typical	2,481	$62,467	984
Religious organizations	182	5.5	1.00×About typical	769	$17,782	—
Offices of other health practitioners	179	5.4	0.90×About typical	930	$44,408	444
Personal care services	173	5.3	1.10×About typical	740	$24,634	1,100

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 328,684 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $634.5M on contracts performed in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania: $1,910 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $634.5M; −9.2% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1,910; US $1,994
Sole-source: 58%; US 30%
Single offer: 1.3%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Army$537.2M85%
Department of Veterans Affairs$59.7M

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $2.1B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Luzerne County, Pennsylvania: $6,233 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $2.1B; −3.8% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,233; US $12,955
Loan face value: $63.4M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.0%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$1.3B62%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$223.1M11%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$145.6M7.0%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$122.5M5.9%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$83.7M4.0%
20.263 · Bridge Formula Program$35.5M1.7%
20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$27.8M1.3%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$22.5M1.1%

Top recipients (organizations)

PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$79.4M3.8%
HARRISBURG, PA
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY OF LUZERNE$16.7M0.8%
KINGSTON, PA
LUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE$10.8M0.5%
NANTICOKE, PA
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA$10.7M0.5%
WILKES BARRE, PA
WILKES UNIVERSITY

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$1.7B83%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$169.6M8.2%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$79.4M3.8%
Department of Transportation
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$33.6M1.6%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of Education

Assistance by fiscal year

2BFY2021
1.9BFY2022
2BFY2023
2.1BFY2024
2.2BFY2025
2.1BFY2026

County aggregates

92%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Explore grants in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Luzerne County, Pennsylvania compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Luzerne County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2017	$815	$1,436
FY2018	$945	$1,552
FY2019	$1,033	$1,654
FY2020	$1,061	$1,880
FY2021	$1,403	$1,810
FY2022	$1,144	$1,917
FY2023	$2,776	$2,079
FY2024	$2,106	$2,047
FY2025	$2,103	$2,165
FY2026	$1,910 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Luzerne County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2017	$59.04	$93.28
FY2018	$91.10	$105
FY2019	$30.32	$128
FY2020	$39.70	$145
FY2021	$73.38	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Luzerne County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2021	$1,886	$5,748
FY2022	$1,518	$5,221
FY2023	$3,170	$5,364
FY2024	$2,608	$5,501
FY2025	$2,408	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Luzerne County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2021	$139	$298
FY2022	$181	$357
FY2023	$188	$301
FY2024	$326	$319
FY2025	$173	$360
FY2026	$239

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Luzerne County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2021	$193	$239
FY2022	$176	$185
FY2023	$209	$229
FY2024	$194	$229
FY2025	$212	$249
FY2026	$171

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Luzerne County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2021	$76.35	$2,304
FY2022	$45.60	$2,197
FY2023	$54.64	$2,274
FY2024	$35.38	$2,267
FY2025	$13.79	$2,397
FY2026	$11.56

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

Table view

Money per resident, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Luzerne County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2021	$807	$1,186
FY2022	$264	$465
FY2023	$36.75	$76.52
FY2024	$78.07	$120
FY2025	$81.65	$148
FY2026	$109

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Luzerne County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	1.3%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Federal contracts · FY2023

$2,776 per resident in FY2023, against an earlier average of $1,067 (2.6× that).

Compared with 12 similar counties

Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/42079

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Luzerne County, Pennsylvania is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

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Metro area

The metro or micro area Luzerne County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA61Central county

Cities and towns in Luzerne County

Places whose residents live mostly in Luzerne County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/42079

Year

Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Comparison counties (average)

Range of comparison counties

Year −3

−10.8 points

−10.5 points

−11.8 points to −8.8 points

Year −2

−2.2 points

−0.8 points

−2.1 points to +1.2 points

Year −1

0.0 points

0.0 points to 0.0 points

Year 0

−3.1 points

−1.6 points

−2.6 points to −0.5 points

Year +1

−3.4 points

−2.2 points

−3.0 points to −0.7 points

Year +2

−4.0 points

−2.5 points

−3.3 points to −1.9 points

Year

Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Comparison counties (average)

Range of comparison counties

Year

Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Comparison counties (average)

Range of comparison counties

Calendar years	Luzerne County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	−4.5%	−4.2%
2015	−1.1%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.4%	+3.3%
2018	+6.3%	+6.8%
2019	+9.1%	+10.5%
2020	+17.1%	+19.4%
2021	+24.0%	+26.1%
2022	+27.4%	+30.6%
2023	+30.9%	+35.0%
2024	+35.2%	+41.0%
2025	+40.9%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Luzerne County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	−6.2%	−5.5%
2015	−3.0%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.5%	+4.1%
2018	+5.8%	+8.9%
2019	+8.9%	+13.5%
2020	+19.5%	+20.8%
2021	+26.4%	+32.1%
2022	+24.6%	+35.4%
2023	+30.8%	+42.9%
2024	+35.4%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Luzerne County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	0.8/1k	3.3/1k
2015	0.6/1k	3.7/1k
2016	1.2/1k	3.7/1k
2017	0.9/1k	3.9/1k
2018	1.0/1k	4.1/1k
2019	1.0/1k	4.2/1k
2020	1.2/1k	4.4/1k
2021	1.1/1k	5.2/1k
2022	0.9/1k	5.0/1k
2023	0.9/1k	4.5/1k
2024	1.0/1k	4.3/1k
2025	0.9/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Luzerne County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	−4.8%	−6.9%
2015	+6.8%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+9.8%	+4.7%
2018	+15.1%	+7.5%
2019	+15.0%	+14.0%
2020	+12.5%	+16.9%
2021	+26.2%	+21.0%
2022	+27.8%	+29.7%
2023	+29.5%	+34.9%
2024	+42.6%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Luzerne County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	−3.2% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−0.1% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+1.8% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+3.5% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+14.3% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+25.7% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+44.1% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+53.4% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+62.8% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+72.5% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+78.7% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Luzerne County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	7.4%	6.2%
2015	6.6%	5.3%
2016	6.2%	4.9%
2017	5.9%	4.4%
2018	5.5%	3.9%
2019	5.5%	3.7%
2020	10.5%	8.1%
2021	7.6%	5.4%
2022	5.1%	3.7%
2023	4.6%	3.6%
2024	4.7%	4.0%
2025	5.3%	4.3%

Calendar years	Luzerne County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	15.8%	15.5%
2015	15.1%	14.7%
2016	14.6%	14.0%
2017	13.8%	13.4%
2018	14.3%	13.1%
2019	15.2%	12.3%
2020	15.1%	11.9%
2021	12.8%	12.8%
2022	15.2%	12.6%
2023	16.4%	12.5%
2024	13.4%	12.1%

Calendar years	Luzerne County, Pennsylvania	United States
2015	—	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+8.8% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+12.7% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+18.0% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+30.1% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+47.8% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+60.8% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+66.8% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+76.7% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+84.6% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Luzerne County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	10.9%	13.5%
2015	7.8%	10.9%
2016	6.5%	10.0%
2017	6.6%	10.2%
2018	6.5%	10.4%
2019	7.4%	10.8%
2020	8.2%	10.4%
2021	7.8%	10.2%
2022	6.7%	9.5%
2023	7.9%	9.5%
2024	8.6%	9.8%

Calendar years	Luzerne County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	4.6/1k	8.5/1k
2015	4.6/1k	8.7/1k
2016	5.2/1k	9.1/1k
2017	5.5/1k	9.8/1k
2018	5.5/1k	10.7/1k
2019	6.1/1k	10.6/1k
2020	7.3/1k	13.1/1k
2021	9.5/1k	16.2/1k
2022	9.3/1k	15.1/1k
2023	10.5/1k	16.2/1k
2024	10.4/1k	15.4/1k
2025	11.6/1k	16.6/1k

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