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Hughestown - Luzerne county

Population 1,541

Hughestown, Pennsylvania

Hughestown, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne county, is 8 miles SW of Scranton, Pennsylvania and 93 miles NW of Newark, New Jersey. The town is located in the Scranton - - Wilkes - Barre - - Hazleton metropolitan area. Hughestown has a population of 1,541.

The People and Families of Hughestown

In Hughestown, about 57% of adults are married.

Wealth and Education

In 2000, Hughestown had a median family income of $50,938. People in Hughestown generally have good earning power. The town has a large middle class. Hughestown enjoys an educated population.

Political Inclinations

Residents gave more to the Democratic party than any of the others.

Hughestown Housing

Owners occupy 86% of the housing units in Hughestown.

Commuting

In Hughestown, 97% of commuters drive to work. People elsewhere might commute hours every day. But generally not in Hughestown, where the commutes are shorter than a lot of places.

Hughestown Population (2000)

Category	Count	Percent
Total Population	1,541	100%
Male	760	49.3%
Female	781	50.7%
Under 18	295	19.1%
18+	1,246	80.9%
65+	281	18.2%
Median Age	43.3
Average Family Size	2.98
White	1,531	99.4%
African-American	2	0.1%
Asian	0	0%
American Indian & Alaskan	0	0%
Other	2	0.1%
Mixed Race	5	0.3%
Hispanic (included in categories above)	2	0.1%
Median Family Income (1999)	$50,938
Population In Poverty	88	5.7%

Hughestown Ancestry

Ancestry	Percent
Italian	36.9%
Irish	18.9%
Polish	14.5%
German	8.4%
Lithuanian	3.8%
English	3.7%
US/American	2.9%
Russian	1.9%
Slovak	1.7%
Welsh	1.5%
Scottish	1.1%
Other (often includes Hispanic and African American)	1.1%
Dutch	0.8%
French (except Basque)	0.5%
Austrian	0.3%
European	0.3%
Scotch-Irish	0.3%
Albanian	0.2%