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La Plume township, Lackawanna County, PA

380 Population
2.4 square miles 156.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.1 ±15 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Lackawanna County: 41.9 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,039 ±$19,199 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Lackawanna County: $36,217 ±$827
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$42,500 ±$21,061 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Lackawanna County: $64,691 ±$1,612
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

30% ±20.5% (114  ±83) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Lackawanna County: 14% 29,224 (±0.8% / ±1,752)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

19.4 minutes ±11 (2,845  ±1,021) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lackawanna County: 21.2 1,907,880 (±0.5 / ±55,323)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

196 ±39 Number of households
  • Lackawanna County: 88,266 ±814
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
1.9 ±0.3 (380  ±97) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Lackawanna County: 2.4 207,584 (±0 / ±72)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

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

Housing

209 ±41 Number of housing units
  • Lackawanna County: 100,013 ±113
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$172,900 ±$105,402 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lackawanna County: $189,900 ±$2,756
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

2.1% ±4.5% (8  ±17.1) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Lackawanna County: 12.1% 25,781 (±0.8% / ±1,775.3)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

89.8% ±8.1% (274  ±61.8) 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)
20% ±11% (61  ±35.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lackawanna County: 30.1% 45,914 (±0.9% / ±1,425.6)
  • about three-fifths 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

N/A Foreign-born population

12% ±5.6% (39  ±20) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in Lackawanna County: 6.4% 10,934 (±0.4% / ±617)
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
39 Total veterans ±20 32 Male ±16 7 Female ±12

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