† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupPittstonPennsylvaniaUnited States
Irish17.3%14.8%9.4%
Polish17.1%5.4%2.2%
Italian15.2%10.6%4.8%
German14.8%21.6%12.5%
English6.2%8.3%9.5%
Slovak3.5%0.8%—
American3.1%4.4%5.3%
Welsh3.1%——
Dominican6.0%1.4%0.7%
Puerto Rican2.6%3.7%1.8%
Mexican2.0%1.4%11.3%
Salvadoran0.4%—0.7%
Colombian0.2%0.2%0.4%
African American†4.5%8.7%9.9%
African0.6%0.4%0.5%
Jamaican0.5%0.3%0.4%
Haitian0.3%0.2%0.3%
Asian Indian0.6%1.2%1.4%
Chinese0.3%0.9%1.3%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Pittston
Pennsylvania
United States
Median age
37.5
41.2
39.1
Age 18–24
5.5%
8.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
18.0%
19.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Pittston
Pennsylvania
United States
Median household income
$49,941
$77,971
$84,427
Poverty rate
20.0%
11.7%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
23.8%
35.2%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Pittston
Pennsylvania
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
11.2%
12.4%
22.3%
Spanish
8.0%
5.6%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Pittston
Pennsylvania
United States
Catholic
—
21.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
9.3%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
53.1%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Pittston, Pennsylvania
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+31.8%
2008
+35.7%
2012
+35.0%
2016
+2.9%
2020
+8.2%
2024
+1.1%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
50.2%Harris1,810
49.1%Trump1,771
0.7%
D+1.1
R+7.1
D+2.6
3,607
D
53.7%Biden1,853
45.5%Trump1,570
0.9%
D+8.2
D+5.3
D+3.7
3,453
D
49.7%Clinton1,535
46.8%Trump1,446
3.5%
D+2.9
R+32.1
D+0.8
3,088
D
66.6%Obama1,338
31.6%Romney635
1.8%
D+35.0
R+0.7
D+31.1
2,009
D
67.2%Obama2,217
31.5%McCain1,038
1.3%
D+35.7
D+3.9
D+28.5
3,299
D
65.3%Kerry2,118
33.5%Bush1,086
1.3%
D+31.8
—
D+34.3
3,245
Pittston sits in Luzerne County along the Susquehanna River, a former anthracite hub whose working-class heritage has historically anchored Democratic registration even as the broader county shifted sharply rightward after 2016.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 35.7 points in 2008. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 7.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 1.1 points.
A population of 7,626, a 82% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $49,941 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Plymouth and Duryea.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Pittston, Pennsylvania voted Democratic by 1.1 points (D+1.1), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 3,607 votes cast, 1,810 went Democratic and 1,771 went Republican.
How many people live in Pittston, Pennsylvania?
Pittston, Pennsylvania has a population of 7,626 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Pittston, Pennsylvania?
Median household income in Pittston, Pennsylvania is $49,941 — below the national median of $80,734. The Pennsylvania state median is $77,971.
What is the political history of Pittston, Pennsylvania?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Pittston, Pennsylvania from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
