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Covington township, Lackawanna County, PA

2,250 Population
23.7 square miles 95 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.6 ±7.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Lackawanna County: 41.9 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$44,028 ±$5,275 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Lackawanna County: $36,217 ±$827
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$92,619 ±$14,586 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Lackawanna County: $64,691 ±$1,612
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

5.9% ±6.2% (132  ±141) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Lackawanna County: 14% 29,224 (±0.8% / ±1,752)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

23.7 minutes ±7.9 (23,310  ±5,034) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lackawanna County: 21.2 1,907,880 (±0.5 / ±55,323)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

850 ±150 Number of households
  • Lackawanna County: 88,266 ±814
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.7 ±0.2 (2,250  ±440) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lackawanna County: 2.4 207,584 (±0 / ±72)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

998 ±156 Number of housing units
  • Lackawanna County: 100,013 ±113
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$269,400 ±$22,778 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Lackawanna County: $189,900 ±$2,756
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

10.8% ±7.4% (244  ±172.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lackawanna County: 12.1% 25,781 (±0.8% / ±1,775.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

93.7% ±21.5% (1,525  ±218.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lackawanna County: 91.6% 139,625 (±1.6% / ±2,354.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
38% ±6.1% (618  ±149) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Lackawanna County: 30.1% 45,914 (±0.9% / ±1,425.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.8% ±1.9% (63  ±45) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Lackawanna County: 5.9% 12,696
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

6.9% ±2.8% (121  ±53) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lackawanna County: 6.4% 10,934 (±0.4% / ±617)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
121 Total veterans ±53 109 Male ±49 12 Female ±16

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