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South Abington township, Lackawanna County, PA

9,533 Population
9.1 square miles 1,046.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.9 ±4.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lackawanna County: 41.9 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$47,403 ±$6,430 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Lackawanna County: $36,217 ±$827
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$110,426 ±$15,117 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Lackawanna County: $64,691 ±$1,612
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

3.3% ±2.2% (295  ±197) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Lackawanna County: 14% 29,224 (±0.8% / ±1,752)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

24 minutes ±1.1 (88,810  ±11,546) 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

3,385 ±334 Number of households
  • Lackawanna County: 88,266 ±814
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.6 ±0.3 (8,928  ±57) 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

6.8% ±3.4% (135  ±68) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Lackawanna County: 5% † 2,321 (±0.8% / ±372)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

3,517 ±344 Number of housing units
  • Lackawanna County: 100,013 ±113
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$297,200 ±$16,447 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Lackawanna County: $189,900 ±$2,756
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

9.2% ±3.1% (866  ±289.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Lackawanna County: 12.1% 25,781 (±0.8% / ±1,775.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

98% ±5.3% (6,166  ±567.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lackawanna County: 91.6% 139,625 (±1.6% / ±2,354.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
57.2% ±5.5% (3,601  ±437.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Lackawanna County: 30.1% 45,914 (±0.9% / ±1,425.6)
  • more than 1.5 times 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

10.9% ±2.9% (1,041  ±273) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Lackawanna County: 5.9% 12,696
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

2.6% ±1.1% (185  ±80) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Lackawanna County: 6.4% 10,934 (±0.4% / ±617)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
185 Total veterans ±80 156 Male ±68 29 Female ±40

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