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Scranton, PA Urban Area

366,238 Population
162.2 square miles 2,258 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.3 ±0.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$37,011 ±$1,666 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$63,482 ±$2,330 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

16.1% ±1.7% (56,392  ±5,997) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

21.7 minutes ±1.2 (3,328,650  ±229,469) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

156,057 ±3,495 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0.1 (350,242  ±7,141) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.1% ±1.6% (4,181  ±1,298) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

174,176 ±2,670 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$193,500 ±$8,344 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

10.3% ±1.4% (37,164  ±4,986) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90.1% ±2.4% (231,650  ±7,375.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
29% ±1.6% (74,675  ±4,232.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

9.6% ±1.4% (35,294  ±5,313) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.1% ±0.6% (15,008  ±1,795) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
15,008 Total veterans ±1,795 14,312 Male ±1,696 696 Female ±460

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