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Census Tract 1126, Lackawanna, PA

5,400 Population
2.2 square miles 2,446.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.8 ±10.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Old Forge: 47.4 † ±6.8
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lackawanna County: 41.9 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$39,527 ±$4,267 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Old Forge: $40,219 ±$3,727
  • a little higher than the amount in Lackawanna County: $37,168 ±$733
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$72,041 ±$8,037 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Old Forge: $71,812 ±$4,483
  • 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

6.7% ±3% (364  ±163) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Old Forge: 7.5% † 637 (±2.7% / ±233)
  • about half the rate in Lackawanna County: 14.4% 29,906 (±1% / ±2,049)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)

22.8 minutes ±2.4 (52,280  ±9,646) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Old Forge: 21.4 81,800 (±2 / ±10,782)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lackawanna County: 21.1 1,876,290 (±0.5 / ±55,591)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

2,307 ±246 Number of households
  • Old Forge: 3,786 † ±406
  • Lackawanna County: 88,263 ±725
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
2.3 ±0.3 (5,395  ±508) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Old Forge: 2.3 † 8,565 (±0.2 / ±21)
  • about the same as the figure in Lackawanna County: 2.4 207,584 (±0 / ±63)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066

9.1% ±8.1% (87  ±81) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Old Forge: 8.4% † 130 (±5.7% / ±90)
  • nearly double the rate in Lackawanna County: 5% † 2,357 (±0.8% / ±353)
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)

Housing

2,428 ±259 Number of housing units
  • Old Forge: 3,959 † ±416
  • Lackawanna County: 100,177 ±75
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$170,000 ±$15,714 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Old Forge: $174,400 ±$15,865
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lackawanna County: $201,800 ±$3,927
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767

6.7% ±5.4% (353  ±287.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Old Forge: 7.9% † 665 (±3.7% / ±314.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lackawanna County: 11.3% 24,196 (±0.8% / ±1,689.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

91.5% ±9% (3,828  ±501.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Old Forge: 93.7% 6,210 (±8.2% / ±591.6)
  • 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)
26.5% ±5.8% (1,108  ±260) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Old Forge: 30.3% † 2,006 (±5% / ±341.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lackawanna County: 30.6% 46,745 (±0.9% / ±1,436.3)
  • about three-quarters 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

1.8% ±1.7% (99  ±91) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Old Forge: 3.5% † 297 (±2% / ±172)
  • 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

12.7% ±4% (559  ±182) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Old Forge: 9.6% † 673 (±2.9% / ±201)
  • more than double the rate in Lackawanna County: 5.9% 10,153 (±0.4% / ±636)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
559 Total veterans ±182 559 Male ±182 N/A Female ±17

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