Nanticoke is home to 10,653 people in Pennsylvania. 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. Home values have risen by half since 2000, reaching $108,100. There are 3,082 people per square mile. The foreign-born share is 4%. Households here earn about 26% less than in Pennsylvania as a whole.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $57,462, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 39.3
US median: 38.9
Less educated
19% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
More affordable
home values down 11%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Nanticoke
What changed most since 1990
Median age42.6 → 39.3(−3.3 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Population12,267 → 10,653(−13%)US over the same years: +35%
Black share0.4% → 9.0%(+8.7 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Nanticoke's population equals 3.3% of Luzerne County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 1.4% of the county's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 2.4% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)23.6%(151)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)34.5%(221)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era29.7%(190)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War6.3%(40)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 640 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Nanticoke, decade by decade
Nanticoke population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
12,267
$45,539
$105,363
9.6%
3.3
2000
10,955
$47,671
$121,504
10.9%
3.5
2010
10,465
$52,732
$116,237
13.2%
13.4
2020
10,628
$54,917
$97,812
17.4%
34.6
2024
10,653
$57,462
$108,100
18.6%
47.1
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
