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Jermyn borough, Lackawanna County, PA

2,026 Population
0.8 square miles 2,556.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.7 ±5.2 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

$33,824 ±$3,021 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lackawanna County: $36,217 ±$827
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$59,133 ±$10,933 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lackawanna County: $64,691 ±$1,612
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

9.8% ±3.5% (198  ±76) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lackawanna County: 14% 29,224 (±0.8% / ±1,752)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

18.7 minutes ±0.8 (16,980  ±3,271) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lackawanna County: 21.2 1,907,880 (±0.5 / ±55,323)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

950 ±157 Number of households
  • Lackawanna County: 88,266 ±814
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.1 ±0.5 (2,010  ±266) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lackawanna County: 2.4 207,584 (±0 / ±72)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

7.7% ±6.8% (31  ±28) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lackawanna County: 5% † 2,321 (±0.8% / ±372)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

1,062 ±158 Number of housing units
  • Lackawanna County: 100,013 ±113
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$185,900 ±$9,232 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Lackawanna County: $189,900 ±$2,756
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

5.3% ±3.7% (106  ±75.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Lackawanna County: 12.1% 25,781 (±0.8% / ±1,775.3)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

94.5% ±4.7% (1,432  ±199.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Lackawanna County: 91.6% 139,625 (±1.6% / ±2,354.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
23.4% ±4.9% (355  ±86.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lackawanna County: 30.1% 45,914 (±0.9% / ±1,425.6)
  • about two-thirds of 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

1.5% ±1.5% (31  ±30) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Lackawanna County: 5.9% 12,696
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

8.6% ±3% (137  ±51) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Lackawanna County: 6.4% 10,934 (±0.4% / ±617)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
137 Total veterans ±51 132 Male ±49 5 Female ±10

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