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Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area

569,413 Population
1,746 square miles 326.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.9 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$34,003 ±$1,118 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$58,834 ±$2,457 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

17.1% ±1.5% (93,998  ±8,155) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

21.7 minutes ±0.5 (5,074,680  ±174,635) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

236,141 ±3,014 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.3 ±0 (549,725  ±209) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

5% ±1.1% (6,059  ±1,288) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

264,849 ±105 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$189,500 ±$5,300 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

12.3% ±1.2% (69,121  ±6,924.1) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

90.5% ±2% (365,802  ±8,250.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
26.3% ±1.2% (106,269  ±4,691.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

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

9% ±8,738.3% (50,998  ±3,797) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

6.3% ±0.5% (28,433  ±2,197) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
28,433 Total veterans ±2,197 26,250 Male ±2,212 2,183 Female ±662

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