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Shavertown, PA

2,150 Population
1.2 square miles 1,794.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.9 ±23.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 42.2 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$42,484 ±$7,040 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: $35,586 ±$574
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$86,118 ±$37,974 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: $63,656 ±$874
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

6.3% ±6.9% (136  ±151) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 14.7% 80,657 (±0.5% / ±2,869)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

22.7 minutes ±9.3 (24,575  ±6,877) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 22.8 5,421,140 (±0.3 / ±98,273)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

1,049 ±256 Number of households
  • the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 232,592 ±1,321
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.1 ±0.7 (2,150  ±462) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 2.4 547,953 (±0 / ±132)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

5.4% ±8.4% (23  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 5.2% 6,297 (±0.5% / ±622)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

1,154 ±266 Number of housing units
  • the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 263,883 ±257
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$202,400 ±$59,189 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: $176,500 ±$2,393
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

9% ±8.5% (192  ±185.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 11.7% 65,588 (±0.5% / ±2,752.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

97.9% ±11% (1,609  ±375.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent 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)
48.5% ±14.7% (797  ±290.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 26.8% 107,952 (±0.6% / ±2,457.7)
  • about 1.4 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

N/A Foreign-born population

4.4% ±3.1% (80  ±59) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 6.9% 30,949 (±0.3% / ±1,194)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
80 Total veterans ±59 80 Male ±59 N/A Female ±11

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