Hughestown, Pennsylvania - City Information, Fast Facts, Schools, Colleges, and More

Demographics

People

Total Population	1,480
Male Share of the Population	46.7%
Female Share of the Population	53.3%
Senior Citizens	22.5%
Employed Population 16+	735
Age of the Population	46

Families

% of people married	52.8%
Average household size	2

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	35.3%
Median Earnings25+	$39,417
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$20,833
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$27,310

Wealth

Median Family Income	$76,607
% Above Poverty Level	89.3%
% Below Poverty Level	10.7%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	26 minutes
% Working from Home	3.4%
% Walking and Biking to Work	1.1%
% Using Public Transportation	0.7%

Housing

People Living Alone	24.9%
Median Gross Rent	$886
Median House Value	$116,500

Ancestry

Italian	35.9%
Polish	26.4%
Irish	26.1%
Welsh	4.6%
Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	4.3%
English	4.2%
French Except Basque	3%
Russian	2.8%
Slovak	2.4%
Hungarian	2.2%
Lithuanian	1.2%
Swedish	1.1%
Scottish	1%
German	0.6%
Ukrainian	0.4%
Swiss	0.3%
Canadian	0.2%
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Hughestown Almanac

Category	Value
County	Luzerne County
Standard Zip Codes	18640
Phone Area Codes	570
Time Zone	America/New_York
Approximate Latitude	41.32
Approximate Longitude	-75.78

Hughestown Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

Temp ranges are avg daily min and max for the month
Precipitation is rainfall (and rainfall equiv of snowfall)

Station	WILKES BRE SCTN AP AVOCA
Distance	2.1 miles
Jan Temp	19 to 34 F
Apr Temp	38 to 59 F
Jul Temp	62 to 83 F
Oct Temp	42 to 61 F
Annual Precip	37.5 inches

Station	PLEASANT MOUNT 1 W
Distance	32.7 miles
Jan Temp	10 to 28 F
Apr Temp	31 to 52 F
Jul Temp	54 to 76 F
Oct Temp	34 to 56 F
Annual Precip	48.8 inches

Station	HAWLEY 1 E
Distance	33.3 miles
Jan Temp	13 to 34 F
Apr Temp	33 to 57 F
Jul Temp	57 to 80 F
Oct Temp	36 to 61 F
Annual Precip	41.6 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Avoca	2,620	$67,446
Dupont	2,693	$64,750
Duryea	4,875	$74,583
Pittston	7,697	$49,038
West Pittston	4,772	$59,311
Yatesville	617	$73,750

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2017, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
Hospitals, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals, accessed November 2017
Private Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/private-schools, accessed November 2017
Public Libraries Survey, 2015, Institute of Museum and Library Services, https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey
Public Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/public-schools , accessed November 2017
ZIP Code Database (All ZIPs with cities used by USPS plus the primary timezone, area code, and county), 2017, https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/

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