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Carbondale, PA

8,820 Population
3.2 square miles 2,719.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.5 ±2.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 42.2 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,212 ±$2,896 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: $35,586 ±$574
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$48,592 ±$10,982 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: $63,656 ±$874
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

25% ±4.4% (2,151  ±375) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 14.7% 80,657 (±0.5% / ±2,869)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

19.1 minutes ±1.2 (61,500  ±6,999) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 22.8 5,421,140 (±0.3 / ±98,273)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

3,896 ±268 Number of households
  • the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 232,592 ±1,321
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.2 ±0.2 (8,569  ±28) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 2.4 547,953 (±0 / ±132)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

7.4% ±4.4% (125  ±76) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 5.2% 6,297 (±0.5% / ±622)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

4,470 ±312 Number of housing units
  • the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 263,883 ±257
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$118,800 ±$14,300 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: $176,500 ±$2,393
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

11.7% ±4.1% (1,022  ±360.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 11.7% 65,588 (±0.5% / ±2,752.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

90% ±8% (5,808  ±607.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 91.1% 367,481 (±1% / ±4,057.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
18.6% ±4.1% (1,203  ±272.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 26.8% 107,952 (±0.6% / ±2,457.7)
  • about half 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

2.6% ±1.3% (233  ±117) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 7.3% 41,426
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

5.5% ±1.7% (386  ±117) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 6.9% 30,949 (±0.3% / ±1,194)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
386 Total veterans ±117 365 Male ±114 21 Female ±31

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