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Census Tract 1002, Lackawanna, PA

2,929 Population
0.4 square miles 7,897.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.3 ±20.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Scranton: 37.2 ±1.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lackawanna County: 41.9 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$27,525 ±$6,508 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Scranton: $28,347 ±$1,111
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Lackawanna County: $37,168 ±$733
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$22,402 ±$7,211 Median household income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Scranton: $50,739 ±$2,359
  • about one-third of the amount in Lackawanna County: $66,223 ±$1,519
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

45.6% ±9.3% (1,052  ±261) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in Scranton: 23% 16,211 (±2% / ±1,375)
  • more than double the rate in Lackawanna County: 14.4% 29,906 (±1% / ±2,049)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)

28.8 minutes ±9.9 (30,280  ±12,618) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Scranton: 19.3 561,795 (±1 / ±35,121)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Lackawanna County: 21.1 1,876,290 (±0.5 / ±55,591)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

1,708 ±216 Number of households
  • Scranton: 30,247 ±818
  • Lackawanna County: 88,263 ±725
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
1.3 ±0.1 (2,231  ±322) Persons per household
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Scranton: 2.3 70,218 (±0.1 / ±76)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Lackawanna County: 2.4 207,584 (±0 / ±63)
  • about half the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066

1% ±1.5% (7  ±11) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Scranton: 5% † 899 (±1.2% / ±218)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Lackawanna County: 5% † 2,357 (±0.8% / ±353)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)

Housing

2,044 ±190 Number of housing units
  • Scranton: 35,512 ±722
  • Lackawanna County: 100,177 ±75
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

N/A Median value of owner-occupied housing units

29.7% ±7.3% (866  ±233.4) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Scranton: 16.4% 12,315 (±1.5% / ±1,110.4)
  • more than double the rate in Lackawanna County: 11.3% 24,196 (±0.8% / ±1,689.3)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

87.1% ±11.1% (1,880  ±350.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Scranton: 86.8% 43,726 (±2.4% / ±1,380.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Lackawanna County: 91.7% 139,884 (±1.6% / ±2,421.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
32.3% ±7.5% (698  ±188.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Scranton: 23.1% 11,661 (±1.5% / ±760.8)
  • a little higher than 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

12.8% ±6.5% (376  ±195) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Scranton: 12.6% † 9,558 (±1.5% / ±1,100)
  • nearly double the rate in Lackawanna County: 6.7% 14,567
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975

8.5% ±5% (237  ±142) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Scranton: 5.5% † 3,277 (±0.7% / ±431)
  • 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)
237 Total veterans ±142 224 Male ±141 13 Female ±18

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