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Pocono Pines, PA vs Hazleton, PA

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- Household income in Hazleton, is 57% less than it is in Pocono Pines and is 69% below the National Average.
- Pocono Pines unemployment rate is 8.7%.
- Hazleton unemployment rate is 16.8%.
 Pocono Pines, PAHazleton, PAUnited States
 Unemployment Rate  Unlock16.8%6.0%
 Recent Job Growth  Unlock0.8%1.6%
 Future Job Growth26.2%  Unlock33.5%
 Sales Taxes6.0%  Unlock6.2%
 Income Taxes  Unlock5.3%4.6%
 Income per Cap.$49,091  Unlock$37,638
 Household Income  Unlock$40,782$69,021
 Family Median Income$100,043  Unlock$85,028
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 Est. Households By Income
 Pocono Pines, PAHazleton, PAUnited States
 Income Less Than 15K  Unlock17.3%9.4%
 Income between 15K and 20K0.0%  Unlock3.8%
 Income between 20K and 30K  Unlock11.8%8.1%
 Income between 30K and 40K5.3%  Unlock8.0%
 Income between 40K and 50K  Unlock9.4%7.6%
 Income between 50K and 60K0.0%  Unlock7.2%
 Income between 60K and 75K  Unlock11.6%9.6%
 Income between 75K and 100K30.1%  Unlock12.8%
 Income between 100K and 150K  Unlock9.7%16.3%
 Income between 150K and 200K5.1%  Unlock7.8%
 Income greater than 200K  Unlock1.4%9.5%
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 Population By Occupation
 Pocono Pines, PAHazleton, PAUnited States
 Management, business, finance55.7%  Unlock16.4%
 Engineering, computers, science  Unlock2.1%6.5%
 Community, social services0.0%  Unlock1.8%
 Legal  Unlock0.5%1.2%
 Education, library23.0%  Unlock6.2%
 Arts, design, media, sports, entertainment  Unlock1.8%2.0%
 Healthcare practitioners and technology0.0%  Unlock6.2%
 Healthcare support  Unlock2.8%3.3%
 Firefighters, law enforcement0.0%  Unlock2.1%
 Food preparation, serving  Unlock4.9%5.4%
 Building maintenance0.0%  Unlock3.6%
 Personal care  Unlock3.4%2.6%
 Sales, office, administrative support6.0%  Unlock20.9%
 Farming, fishing, forestry  Unlock1.2%0.6%
 Construction, extraction, maintenance/repair0.0%  Unlock8.1%
 Production, transportation, material moving  Unlock44.3%13.1%
Reviews for Pocono Pines    2 Reviews

Over 16 years ago

Pocono Pines is a small mountain lake town with only two major roads, and when I say major - they each only have two lanes – one in each direction. We are centrally  More

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The rents and the food prices have gotten too high for persons living on a fixed income. The traffic is horrendous. The climate is actually WARMER due to the immense  More

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Reviews for Hazleton    6 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

I saw that arts and culture is a listed con for this city. This is simply untrue. This city has a great up and coming Arts  More

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As a longtime resident of the Hazleton Area, I can tell you it is one of the worst places to live in this country and I am sorry that I didn't run the second I graduated  More

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here you can go shopping or you can go to the lakes, not a lot other things to do. locals like to go hunting dear, ride motorcycles. a good thing is that you can drive  More

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