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Swoyersville - Luzerne county

Population 5,157

Swoyersville, Pennsylvania

Swoyersville, Pennsylvania is 13 miles SW of Scranton, Pennsylvania and 96 miles NW of Newark, New Jersey. It is in Luzerne county. The town is part of the Scranton - - Wilkes - Barre - - Hazleton metro area. The population of Swoyersville is 5,157.

The People and Families of Swoyersville

In Swoyersville, about 55% of adults are married.

Seniors are common in Swoyersville.

Wealth and Education

In 2000, Swoyersville had a median family income of $39,188. The people of Swoyersville can point with pride to the large number of college graduates in the the town.

Political Inclinations

The Republican party attracted the largest share of donations from Swoyersville.

Swoyersville Housing

Of the housing in Swoyersville, approximately 81% is occupied by their owners. The average age of homes in the town is noticeably higher than in other similarly-sized communities.

Commuting

In Swoyersville, 94% of commuters drive to work.

Swoyersville Population (2000)

Category	Count	Percent
Total Population	5,157	100%
Male	2,434	47.2%
Female	2,723	52.8%
Under 18	956	18.5%
18+	4,201	81.5%
65+	1,208	23.4%
Median Age	43.6
Average Family Size	2.88
White	5,117	99.2%
African-American	5	0.1%
Asian	8	0.2%
American Indian & Alaskan	3	0.1%
Other	4	0.1%
Mixed Race	20	0.4%
Hispanic (included in categories above)	8	0.2%
Median Family Income (1999)	$39,188
Population In Poverty	558	10.8%

Swoyersville Ancestry

Ancestry	Percent
Polish	30.1%
Slovak	15.2%
Italian	13.6%
Irish	9.4%
Lithuanian	5.9%
German	5.6%
Russian	5.1%
US/American	3.3%
Welsh	2.2%
Other (often includes Hispanic and African American)	2.2%
English	2.1%
Ukrainian	1.3%
Lebanese	1%
Pennsylvania German	0.5%
Czech	0.5%
Dutch	0.3%
Scotch-Irish	0.3%
Czechoslovakian	0.3%
Hungarian	0.2%
French (except Basque)	0.2%
Eastern European	0.2%
French Canadian	0.2%
Scottish	0.2%
Slavic	0.2%