| Official Name: | Pringle, Pennsylvania |
| Settlement Type: | Borough |
| Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Pringle |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Luzerne |
| Government Type: | Borough Council |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Established Title: | Settled |
| Established Title1: | Incorporated |
| Established Date1: | 1914 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 1.19 |
| Area Land Km2: | 1.19 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.46 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.46 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 893 |
| Population Density Km2: | 749.85 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 1941.30 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Coordinates: | 41.2761°N -75.8994°W |
| Postal Code Type: | Zip code |
| Area Code: | 570 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 42-62712 |
Pringle is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, the borough population was eight hundred and ninety-one.[3]
Pringle was incorporated as a borough on January 17, 1914; it was named in honor of Thomas Pringle.[4]
Pringle is located at 41.2761°N -75.8994°W (41.276081, -75.899530).[5]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.2km2, all land.
At the 2000 census there were nine hundred and ninety-one people, four hundred and thirty-two households, and two hundred eighty families in the borough.
The population density was 2130.5sp=usNaNsp=us. There were four hundred and fifty-nine housing units at an average density of 986.8sp=usNaNsp=us.
The racial makeup of the borough was 99.90% White, and 0.10% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.01%.
There were four hundred and thirty-two households; 23.8% had children under the age of eighteen living with them, 46.8% were married couples living together, 13.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.0% were non-families. 32.2% of households were made up of individuals, and 17.1% were one-person households with residents aged sixty-five or older.
The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.89.
The age distribution was 19.7% under the age of eighteen, 6.7% from eighteen to twenty-four, 25.9% from twenty-five to forty-four, 26.8% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 20.9% who were aged sixty-five or older. The median age was forty-four years.
For every one hundred females there were 93.9 males. For every one hundred females aged eighteen and over, there were 91.3 males.
The median household income was $31,793 and the median family income was $43,750. Males had a median income of $26,801 versus $23,500 for females.
The per capita income for the borough was $19,108.
Roughly 8.0% of families and 9.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.8% of those under age eighteen and 10.8% of those aged sixty-five or over.