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Carbondale township, Lackawanna County, PA

1,092 Population
13.8 square miles 79.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.5 ±5.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Lackawanna County: 41.9 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,671 ±$5,549 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Lackawanna County: $37,168 ±$733
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$76,111 ±$11,702 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Lackawanna County: $66,223 ±$1,519
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.9% ±8.7% (86  ±96) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Lackawanna County: 14.4% 29,906 (±1% / ±2,049)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.3 minutes ±2.2 (12,020  ±2,658) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Lackawanna County: 21.1 1,876,290 (±0.5 / ±55,591)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

468 ±94 Number of households
  • Lackawanna County: 88,263 ±725
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.6 (1,084  ±187) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Lackawanna County: 2.4 207,584 (±0 / ±63)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.3% ±1.7% (3  ±4) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Lackawanna County: 5% † 2,357 (±0.8% / ±353)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

526 ±93 Number of housing units
  • Lackawanna County: 100,177 ±75
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$203,200 ±$20,257 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Lackawanna County: $201,800 ±$3,927
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.7% ±7.2% (51  ±78) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Lackawanna County: 11.3% 24,196 (±0.8% / ±1,689.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.3% ±4.5% (783  ±127.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lackawanna County: 91.7% 139,884 (±1.6% / ±2,421.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
33.1% ±10.2% (281  ±96.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lackawanna County: 30.6% 46,745 (±0.9% / ±1,436.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.9% ±2.2% (21  ±24) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Lackawanna County: 6.7% 14,567
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.3% ±3.1% (77  ±31) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Lackawanna County: 5.9% 10,153 (±0.4% / ±636)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
77 Total veterans ±31 64 Male ±26 13 Female ±16

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