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Old Forge borough, Lackawanna County, PA

8,573 Population
3.4 square miles 2,501.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.4 ±6.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lackawanna County: 41.9 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$40,219 ±$3,727 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Lackawanna County: $37,168 ±$733
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$71,812 ±$4,483 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Lackawanna County: $66,223 ±$1,519
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

7.5% ±2.7% (637  ±233) 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)

21.4 minutes ±2 (81,800  ±10,782) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Lackawanna County: 21.1 1,876,290 (±0.5 / ±55,591)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

3,786 ±406 Number of households
  • Lackawanna County: 88,263 ±725
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
2.3 ±0.2 (8,565  ±21) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Lackawanna County: 2.4 207,584 (±0 / ±63)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066

8.4% ±5.7% (130  ±90) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lackawanna County: 5% † 2,357 (±0.8% / ±353)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)

Housing

3,959 ±416 Number of housing units
  • Lackawanna County: 100,177 ±75
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$174,400 ±$15,865 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lackawanna County: $201,800 ±$3,927
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767

7.9% ±3.7% (665  ±314.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lackawanna County: 11.3% 24,196 (±0.8% / ±1,689.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

93.7% ±8.2% (6,210  ±591.6) 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)
30.3% ±5% (2,006  ±341.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lackawanna County: 30.6% 46,745 (±0.9% / ±1,436.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)

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

3.5% ±2% (297  ±172) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Lackawanna County: 6.7% 14,567
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975

9.6% ±2.9% (673  ±201) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lackawanna County: 5.9% 10,153 (±0.4% / ±636)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
673 Total veterans ±201 673 Male ±201 N/A Female ±17

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