Luzerne County Has Deteriorated in Housing Ownership by 2.3%, Since Reported Values in 2000

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Parent Category: Pennsylvania

Category: Luzerne County, PA

According to data from the 2010 Census, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania decreased in total number housing units by 4,062, or 3%, (since the 2000 census), during the same time, the State of Pennsylvania increased in housing dwelling units by 317,565, or 6%.

Measured against the United States, Luzerne County has a low amount of unoccupied real estate units. 16,816, or 11.3%, have been reported as vacant in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. Within these 16,816 unoccupied properties, 13.0% are for sale, while 23.1% are properties that are available for rent.

Owner-occupied units from 2000 to 2010 in Luzerne County have decreased by 2.3%. As reported in the 2010 Census, there were 89,742 (68.0%) housing units occupied by owners, while 42,190 (32.0%) residential properties were being rented. Luzerne County has a greater amount of rentals than the State of Pennsylvania, which saw 30.4% of residential units occupied by renters.

When compared to all counties across the US, Luzerne County has a low level of residential properties that are minority-owned. 3.8% of housing units are owned by minorities in Luzerne County; while in the United States 21.7% and in the State of Pennsylvania 11.3% of residential properties are minority-owned.

Black is the group that rents the most often in Luzerne County. 79.9% the Black Census group reportedly occupied a rental.

Datasource:  U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2010 Summary File 1. For more information, please visit the US Census website or visit our Request Census Data section and file a request.

In Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 6,006 total jobs between 2005 and 2010.

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Parent Category: Pennsylvania

Category: Luzerne County, PA

In Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 6,006 total jobs between 2005 and 2010.

Given the 196 4-digit NAICS industries, 74 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 121 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the warehousing and storage industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 2,685 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in warehousing and storage makes up 16.3% percent of the total growth in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania for the period between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Growing Industries
1. Warehousing and storage (+2685)
2. Data processing, hosting and related services (+1535)
3. Power generation and supply (+1500)
4. Electronic shopping and mailorder houses (+911)
5. Management of companies and enterprises (+874)

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the plastics product manufacturing industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 2,800 jobs in that time period. The declines in plastics product manufacturing make up 11.9% percent of the total employment decline in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania for the period between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Declining Industries
1. Plastics product manufacturing (-2,800)
2. Wired telecommunications carriers (-1,909)
3. Administration of human resource programs (-1,234)
4. General freight trucking (-893)
5. General medical and surgical hospitals (-836)

Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).