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Wilkes-Barre city, Pennsylvania: commercial real estate data.
Wilkes-Barre city is a Census city of 44,423 people across 6.85 square miles of land, in Luzerne County. Median household income is $48,515, 51.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 60 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $32.8 m.
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Wilkes-Barre
What Wilkes-Barre is
- Census place typecity
- Land area6.85 sq mi
- Water area0.35 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land6,487
- County holding the largest share of its areaLuzerne County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wilkes-Barre
How many people live in Wilkes-Barre
- Population44,423
- Median age34.7
- Population under 189,735
- Share under 1821.9 percent
- Population 65 and over6,791
- Share 65 and over15.3 percent
- Households16,644
- Family households9,561
- Share of households that are families57.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wilkes-Barre
Income and work in Wilkes-Barre
- Median household income$48,515
- Per capita income$25,979
- Civilian labor force21,025
- Employed19,248
- Unemployed1,777
- Unemployment rate8.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over28,050
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher84.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher20.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wilkes-Barre
Housing in Wilkes-Barre
- Housing units19,781
- Occupied units16,644
- Vacant units3,137
- Vacancy rate15.9 percent
- Owner occupied8,515
- Renter occupied8,129
- Ownership rate51.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$117,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$946
- Annual rent as a share of median income23.4 percent
- Single family units12,663
- Share single family64.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more7,025
- Share in buildings of two or more35.5 percent
- Mobile homes93 plus or minus 63
- Median year structure built1943
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wilkes-Barre
How Wilkes-Barre gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute17,388
- Commuting under 15 minutes7,017
- Share commuting under 15 minutes40.4 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more3,376
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more19.4 percent
- Drove alone69.0 percent
- Carpooled12.4 percent
- Public transport2.2 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Walked5.9 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Worked from home8.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wilkes-Barre
SBA loans in Wilkes-Barre (7(a))
- Approvals60
- Gross approval$32,751,200
- Average approval$545,853
- Median approval$186,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$900,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported679
- Jobs per approval11.3
- Loans with a final outcome10
- Paid in full9
- Charged off1
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans10.0 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more16.7 percent
- Share to franchises13.3 percent
- Distinct lenders20
- Distinct industries by NAICS43
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Wilkes-Barre
SBA loans in Wilkes-Barre (504)
- Approvals15
- Gross approval$21,698,000
- Average approval$1,446,533
- Median approval$619,000
- Largest approval$5,500,000
- Jobs supported223
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Charged off1
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs6
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Wilkes-Barre
Flood risk in Wilkes-Barre
- Listed NFIP communities2
- Of those, participating2
- Best Community Rating System classClass 6
- NFIP community number421823
- Currently effective map date06/20/24(M)
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Luzerne County, not Wilkes-Barre
Luzerne County context, not Wilkes-Barre figures
These are Luzerne County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Wilkes-Barre measurements.
- Establishments in Luzerne County7,212
- Employment at those establishments, Luzerne County139,382
- Covered employment, Luzerne County145,190
- Average annual pay, Luzerne County$55,901
- Average weekly wage, Luzerne County$1,075
- Housing units permitted, Luzerne County325
- Of those, single family, Luzerne County293
- County product, 2024, Luzerne County$20,580,464,000
- County product change over the prior year, Luzerne County4.7 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Luzerne County$50,713
Every figure in this section is published for Luzerne County as a whole and is not a measurement of Wilkes-Barre. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Wilkes-Barre questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania?
44,423, in 16,644 households. Wilkes-Barre city covers 6.85 square miles of land, which is 6,487 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Wilkes-Barre in?
Luzerne County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Wilkes-Barre?
$48,515. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $117,200. Median gross rent is $946 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Wilkes-Barre businesses?
60 7(a) approvals totalling $32.8 m, across 20 lenders, median approval $186,000, plus 15 504 approvals worth $21.7 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Wilkes-Barre, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Wilkes-Barre borrowers get paid back?
Of the 10 loans that have reached a final outcome, 9 were paid in full and 1 charged off, a charge off rate of 10.0 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Wilkes-Barre in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Wilkes-Barre appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 421823, carrying Community Rating System class 6, which is a premium discount for exceeding the programme minimum. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Wilkes-Barre figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Luzerne County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Wilkes-Barre.
Is zoning published for Wilkes-Barre?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.