Swoyersville at a Glance

TownZip CodeCounty

Swoyersville Borough

5,048

Population

$72,255

Median Household Income

80%

Owner Occupied

2.10

Average Household Size

Housing Tenure

80% Owner Occupied20% Renter

ZIP 18704

31,149

Population

$64,699

Median Household Income

60%

Owner Occupied

2.25

Average Household Size

Housing Tenure

60% Owner Occupied40% Renter

Luzerne County

327,675

Population

$64,452

Median Household Income

68%

Owner Occupied

2.35

Average Household Size

Housing Tenure

68% Owner Occupied32% Renter

Source - U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey Five-Year Estimates ('24).

About Swoyersville

Swoyersville was part of Kingston Township under the Susquehanna Company's 1790 charter and incorporated as its own borough in 1888. It was first called Swoyerville, named for mine owner John Henry Swoyer, and residents later voted to add the letter s, making it Swoyersville.

Coal ran the local economy through the 19th and 20th centuries. Most mines closed in the 1950s after the Knox Mine Disaster, though colliery work continued into the 1960s. A large coal-ash bank still stands in the borough, and Hurricane Agnes flooded the low ground along the Susquehanna in 1972.

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