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Lackawanna (Outside Greater Scranton City) & Wyoming Counties PUMA, PA

131,613 Population
806.8 square miles 163.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.9 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 41.2 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$42,285 ±$2,837 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,674 ±$329
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$79,872 ±$7,704 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,545 ±$816
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

7.8% ±1.9% (10,068  ±2,527) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.6% 1,464,236 (±0.3% / ±33,897)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

23.6 minutes ±0.7 (1,302,980  ±48,016) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

53,003 ±1,810 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,361,724 ±11,743
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0 (129,134  ±4,608) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,638,571
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.5% ±2.5% (1,466  ±675) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.8% 139,720 (±0.2% / ±5,970)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

61,215 ±2,074 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,861,320 ±507
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$251,600 ±$12,085 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $277,600 ±$1,517
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

6.8% ±1.3% (8,801  ±1,737.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.1% 1,304,951 (±0.3% / ±33,022.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

94.6% ±2.7% (89,962  ±4,063.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.4% 8,556,816 (±0.5% / ±44,451.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
33.2% ±2.5% (31,551  ±2,665) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 36.4% 3,369,510 (±0.3% / ±28,358.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

4.3% ±0.6% (5,353  ±792.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.4% 1,529,209 (±0.1% / ±12,347.2)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

3.1% ±0.7% (4,060  ±960) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 8.3% 1,090,675
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5% ±0.8% (5,249  ±895) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.8% 601,407 (±0.1% / ±10,364)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
5,249 Total veterans ±895 5,118 Male ±875 131 Female ±94

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