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Scranton, PA

75,915 Population
25.3 square miles 2,999.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.9 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 42.1 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 41.2 ±0.1

Economics

$26,313 ±$2,403 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: $38,510 ±$1,318
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,674 ±$329
$48,762 ±$7,963 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: $68,079 ±$2,911
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,545 ±$816

28.3% ±5.7% (19,794  ±3,984) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 14.1% 77,959 (±1.4% / ±7,485)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.6% 1,464,236 (±0.3% / ±33,897)

19.3 minutes ±1 (561,795  ±35,121) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 22.7 5,306,305 (±0.3 / ±96,881)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

29,438 ±1,682 Number of households
  • the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 238,281 ±2,644
  • Pennsylvania: 5,361,724 ±11,743
2.4 ±0.1 (69,568  ±85) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 2.3 553,525 (±0 / ±125)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,638,571

7.4% ±4.4% (1,311  ±793) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 4.9% † 6,076 (±1.2% / ±1,486)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.8% 139,720 (±0.2% / ±5,970)

Housing

35,202 ±1,807 Number of housing units
  • the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 265,267 ±88
  • Pennsylvania: 5,861,320 ±507

$177,500 ±$12,421 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: $215,400 ±$5,661
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $277,600 ±$1,517

9.7% ±2.3% (7,244  ±1,704.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 9% † 51,148 (±1.1% / ±5,947.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.1% 1,304,951 (±0.3% / ±33,022.9)

Social

85% ±5.5% (43,072  ±3,164.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 90.1% 366,941 (±2.1% / ±8,715.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.4% 8,556,816 (±0.5% / ±44,451.6)
25.8% ±3.6% (13,089  ±1,877.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 28% 114,182 (±1.2% / ±5,026.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 36.4% 3,369,510 (±0.3% / ±28,358.2)

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

16.3% ±4.8% (12,353  ±3,613) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 9.9% 56,982
  • about double the rate in Pennsylvania: 8.3% 1,090,675

4.5% ±1.2% (2,722  ±693) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 5.6% 25,851 (±0.4% / ±2,038)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.8% 601,407 (±0.1% / ±10,364)
2,722 Total veterans ±693 2,588 Male ±661 134 Female ±148

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