East BerwickPA
2,279 people call this town in Pennsylvania home.
Is East Berwick a good place to live?
East Berwick’s midpoint age is 55.2 years, where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 43.2 years and U.S. towns at 40.5 years. We don’t grade East Berwick yet; the figures below are still real.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in East Berwick.
East Berwick skews older than Pennsylvania
East Berwick: 38% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more. People 65 and older are 31% of residents (20% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 15% of residents (22% statewide).
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 37% and 64% women
The Census survey reached too few of East Berwick’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±13.5 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| East Berwick | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.7% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 3.2% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.1% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.4% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 8.8% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.7% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 19.6% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 19.3% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 11.2% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.8% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 26.5% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 22.6% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.2% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 25.7% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12.2% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,300, single groups can be off by several points
The climate in East Berwick brings four seasons and pleasant summers
The range runs from 19° on a January night to 85° on a July afternoon, with about 36 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most of East Berwick’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.8 jobs for each of them
Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in East Berwick rose by 45, to 662. Just 4% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. The mean commuting time for East Berwick comes to 20 minutes. Half the trips to work are shorter than 14 miles.
| East Berwick | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $99,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.1% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 7.1% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
How healthy East Berwick is
13% of adults report frequent physical distress in East Berwick. Against the Pennsylvania average, East Berwick comes out ahead on 3 CDC measures out of 26, and behind on 2. In East Berwick, 17% of adults say their health is fair or poor, and 17% binge drink.
| East Berwick | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 19% | 19% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 18% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 80% | 79% | 79% |
| What stands out | East Berwick | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 10.6% | 14.5% |
| More adults seeing a dentist | 68.6% | 64.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.7% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The biggest natural risk in East Berwick is inland flooding, at a moderate overall level
Compared with 59% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in East Berwick is higher. FEMA puts 80% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 7% to cold waves.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The median home in East Berwick sells for about $196K
The share of households in East Berwick who live in a home they own: 92%. In East Berwick, the median rent is $1,089 a month.
| East Berwick | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 92% | 78% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,089 a month | $1,115 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about East Berwick
Knoebels Amusement Resort and 18 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around East Berwick. Close and well known come first.
19 mi State parkRicketts Glen State Park
37 mi National Historic SiteSteamtown National Historic Site61K visitors a year
28 mi State parkHickory Run State Park
39 mi Park & preserveRoadside America
29 mi MuseumAsa Packer MansionPhoto credits
Ricketts Glen State Park: en:User:Msitler, Public domain · Steamtown National Historic Site: National Park Service, Public domain · Hickory Run State Park: Mtruch, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Roadside America: Mark Fleisher, President and CEO of Aim Advertising in Lewisburg, PA,, Public domain · Asa Packer Mansion: Chris18240 (talk), Public domain
Moving to East Berwick: who provides what
East Berwick is unincorporated, so Luzerne County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of East Berwick
About 4 of every 100 East Berwick residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Pennsylvania.
About East Berwick
Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US
East Berwick is a census-designated place (CDP) in Salem Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,007 at the 2010 census.
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- Area
- 1.0 sq mi
- Elevation
- 574 ft
East Berwick’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with East Berwick.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Berwick | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nescopeck | — | — | B+ | — | C+ | C |
| Salem Township | #727 | B− | C+ | A | C+ | C |
Nescopeck has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Nescopeck reports no FBI crime data of its own. East Berwick isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare East Berwick with a neighbor →
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