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Honesdale borough, Wayne County, PA

4,465 Population
3.9 square miles 1,150.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.6 ±3.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wayne County: 48.9 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,886 ±$3,709 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Wayne County: $33,735 ±$1,111
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$38,469 ±$13,745 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Wayne County: $62,182 ±$2,779
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

28% ±10.6% (1,252  ±471) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Wayne County: 12.2% † 5,845 (±1.6% / ±783)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

18.5 minutes ±2.9 (26,635  ±7,410) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Wayne County: 28.8 526,555 (±1.6 / ±34,408)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

2,087 ±250 Number of households
  • Wayne County: 20,314 ±488
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.1 ±0.3 (4,460  ±22) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wayne County: 2.4 47,948 (±0.1 / ±29)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

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

Housing

2,314 ±267 Number of housing units
  • Wayne County: 32,054 ±49
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$180,600 ±$33,185 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wayne County: $228,200 ±$7,502
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

31.5% ±9.5% (1,407  ±422.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Wayne County: 10.2% † 5,185 (±1.3% / ±638.3)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

81.1% ±12.1% (2,482  ±417.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wayne County: 91.4% 36,069 (±2.5% / ±999.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
21.3% ±5.7% (652  ±182.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wayne County: 21.6% 8,516 (±1.4% / ±531.4)
  • 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

4.4% ±2.6% (197  ±117) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Wayne County: 3.7% 1,904
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

5.7% ±3.7% (214  ±137) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wayne County: 9.9% 4,243 (±0.8% / ±354)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
214 Total veterans ±137 203 Male ±136 11 Female ±15

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