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Simpson, PA

1,343 Population
0.9 square miles 1,520.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.2 ±6.1 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

$28,645 ±$5,040 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
$46,979 ±$5,086 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: $63,656 ±$874
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

17.7% ±9.9% (237  ±147) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 14.7% 80,657 (±0.5% / ±2,869)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

25.9 minutes ±4 (16,685  ±7,378) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 22.8 5,421,140 (±0.3 / ±98,273)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

531 ±116 Number of households
  • the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 232,592 ±1,321
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.5 ±0.4 (1,343  ±365) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 2.4 547,953 (±0 / ±132)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

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

Housing

627 ±117 Number of housing units
  • the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 263,883 ±257
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$123,600 ±$21,704 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

4.5% ±5.3% (61  ±73.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 11.7% 65,588 (±0.5% / ±2,752.6)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

93.3% ±28.8% (798  ±160.2) 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)
18.4% ±6.4% (157  ±65.9) 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

1% ±1.1% (14  ±15) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 7.3% 41,426
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

2% ±1.7% (20  ±18) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 6.9% 30,949 (±0.3% / ±1,194)
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
20 Total veterans ±18 20 Male ±18 N/A Female ±11

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