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Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area

574,009 Population
1,746 square miles 328.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.1 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$38,510 ±$1,318 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$68,079 ±$2,911 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

14.1% ±1.4% (77,959  ±7,485) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

23.1 minutes ±0.8 (5,561,145  ±243,880) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

238,281 ±2,644 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0 (553,525  ±125) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.9% ±1.2% (6,076  ±1,486) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

265,267 ±88 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$215,400 ±$5,661 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9% ±1.1% (51,148  ±5,947.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90.1% ±2.1% (366,941  ±8,715.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
28% ±1.2% (114,182  ±5,026.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

9.9% (56,982  ±4,980) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.6% ±0.4% (25,851  ±2,038) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
25,851 Total veterans ±2,038 24,797 Male ±1,971 1,054 Female ±494

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