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Harveys Lake, PA

2,800 Population
5.4 square miles 518.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.5 ±11.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 42.2 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$55,018 ±$11,022 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: $35,586 ±$574
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$68,462 ±$9,474 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: $63,656 ±$874
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

7.6% ±9.9% (208  ±272) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 14.7% 80,657 (±0.5% / ±2,869)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

38.7 minutes ±7.8 (48,595  ±12,011) Mean travel time to work
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 22.8 5,421,140 (±0.3 / ±98,273)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

1,260 ±199 Number of households
  • the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 232,592 ±1,321
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.2 ±0.4 (2,754  ±16) 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

18.1% ±15.2% (102  ±90) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 5.2% 6,297 (±0.5% / ±622)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

1,770 ±215 Number of housing units
  • the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 263,883 ±257
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$229,600 ±$27,507 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: $176,500 ±$2,393
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

21.7% ±10.2% (600  ±282.3) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 11.7% 65,588 (±0.5% / ±2,752.6)
  • about double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

94.3% ±13.4% (2,164  ±338.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 91.1% 367,481 (±1% / ±4,057.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
40.1% ±10% (921  ±237.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 26.8% 107,952 (±0.6% / ±2,457.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

8.9% ±4.8% (250  ±133) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 7.3% 41,426
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

6.7% ±3.4% (162  ±83) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 6.9% 30,949 (±0.3% / ±1,194)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
162 Total veterans ±83 152 Male ±82 10 Female ±15

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