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18702

41,970 Population
78.1 square miles 537.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.1 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 42.1 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$31,728 ±$1,455 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: $36,939 ±$544
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$56,378 ±$2,871 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: $65,158 ±$1,000
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

18.7% ±2.6% (7,419  ±1,045) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 14.8% 81,315 (±0.6% / ±3,028)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)

21.1 minutes ±2.1 (364,560  ±41,544) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 22.7 5,306,305 (±0.3 / ±96,881)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

16,951 ±567 Number of households
  • the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 234,230 ±1,270
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
2.4 ±0.1 (39,982  ±1,046) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 2.4 549,698 (±0 / ±121)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066

5.5% ±1.8% (574  ±187) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 5.2% † 6,321 (±0.5% / ±637)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)

Housing

19,663 ±473 Number of housing units
  • the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 264,360 ±133
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$131,900 ±$11,508 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: $187,200 ±$3,082
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767

13.6% ±2% (5,637  ±817.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 10.9% 61,393 (±0.5% / ±2,833.8)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

86.6% ±3.3% (25,124  ±1,222.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 90.9% 367,748 (±1% / ±4,002.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
23.6% ±2.1% (6,846  ±641) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 27.2% 109,952 (±0.6% / ±2,274.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)

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

15.2% ±2% (6,377  ±838) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 8.2% 46,554
  • about double the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975

6.6% ±0.9% (2,204  ±310) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA Metro Area: 6.4% 28,798 (±0.2% / ±1,079)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
2,204 Total veterans ±310 2,114 Male ±299 90 Female ±65

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