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Scranton, PA

75,803 Population
25.3 square miles 2,995.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±3.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 41.9 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 41.1 ±0.1

Economics

$24,665 ±$2,233 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: $34,003 ±$1,118
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $42,605 ±$319
$41,601 ±$4,096 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: $58,834 ±$2,457
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $73,824 ±$511

29.1% ±5.1% (20,558  ±3,633) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 17.1% 93,998 (±1.5% / ±8,155)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 12% 1,500,959 (±0.3% / ±35,821)

19.6 minutes ±0.6 (614,680  ±26,501) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 23 5,571,195 (±0.4 / ±103,215)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.7 146,141,410 (±0.1 / ±650,543)

Families

31,094 ±1,726 Number of households
  • the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 236,141 ±3,014
  • Pennsylvania: 5,324,209 ±13,443
2.3 ±0.1 (70,032  ±122) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 2.3 549,725 (±0 / ±209)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 † 12,527,719 (±,104.4 / ±-555,555,600)

6.6% ±3.2% (1,156  ±575) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 5% † 6,059 (±1.1% / ±1,288)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.2% 149,597 (±0.3% / ±7,546)

Housing

36,880 ±1,879 Number of housing units
  • the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 264,849 ±105
  • Pennsylvania: 5,839,797 ±484

$164,700 ±$10,284 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: $189,500 ±$5,300
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $259,900 ±$1,736

16.9% ±3.2% (12,572  ±2,381) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 12.3% † 69,121 (±1.2% / ±6,924.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.6% 1,355,260 (±0.2% / ±31,094.2)

Social

85.5% ±4.4% (44,338  ±2,860.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 90.5% 365,802 (±2% / ±8,250.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.2% 8,455,035 (±0.5% / ±43,404.4)
22.5% ±2.7% (11,664  ±1,492.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 26.3% 106,269 (±1.2% / ±4,691.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.3% 3,241,343 (±0.3% / ±27,591.6)

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

14.3% ±3.1% (10,827  ±2,360) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 9% † 50,998 (±8,738.3% / ±3,797)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 8% † 1,031,320 (±,341% / ±23,270)

5.3% ±1.2% (3,273  ±741) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 6.3% 28,433 (±0.5% / ±2,197)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.9% 614,022 (±0.1% / ±10,859)
3,273 Total veterans ±741 2,991 Male ±745 282 Female ±198

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