Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania (PA)

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• • 175,14181.2%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 20,3899.5%Hispanic or Latino
  • 8,7714.1%Two or more races
  • 5,6572.6%Asian alone
  • 4,3512.0%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 8670.4%Some other race alone
  • 3680.2%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 1190.06%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2021:

Detached houses: $190,580

Here:	$190,580
State:	$284,712

Townhouses or other attached units: $189,791

Here:	$189,791
State:	$229,107

In 2-unit structures: $140,956

Here:	$140,956
State:	$229,344

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $401,659

Here:	$401,659
State:	$281,770

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $118,607

Here:	$118,607
State:	$294,035

Mobile homes: $92,288

Here:	$92,288
State:	$85,730

Health of residents in Lackawanna County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2013 to 2021:

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2021: $2,715 (1.5%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2021: $2,617 (1.6%)

Area name: Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Lackawanna County is $495 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $594 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $753 a month.

Cities in this county include: Scranton, Dunmore, Carbondale, Old Forge, Blakely, Taylor, Archbald, Dickson City, Moosic, Clarks Summit.

Neighboring counties: Barnstable County, Massachusetts , Bristol County, Massachusetts , Providence County, Rhode Island , Carroll County, Illinois , DeKalb County, Indiana , Newton County, Indiana , Westchester County, New York , Mercer County, Illinois .

Current college students: 12,508
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 92.0%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 30.5%

Number of foreign born residents: 10,583 (56.0% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 5,5062010 or later
• 3,1862000 to 2009
• 1,6761990 to 1999
• 9351980 to 1989
• 6831970 to 1979
• 1,564Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 19.8 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 84.1%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 65,231
• One, attached: 7,836
• Two: 9,004
• 3 or 4: 5,906
• 5 to 9: 3,468
• 10 to 19: 1,689
• 20 to 49: 1,427
• 50 or more: 3,346
• Mobile homes: 2,075

Housing units in Lackawanna County with a mortgage: 32,990 (4,554 second mortgage, 124 home equity loan, 3,435 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,758

Religion statistics for Lackawanna County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Lackawanna County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Pennsylvania Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4506-PA: March 30, 2020, FEMA Id: 4506, Natural disaster type: Other
• Pennsylvania Severe Storms And Flooding, Incident Period: August 10, 2018 - August 15, 2018, FEMA Id: 4408, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Pennsylvania Hurricane Sandy, Incident Period: October 26, 2012 to November 08, 2012, Emergency Declared EM-3356: October 29, 2012, FEMA Id: 3356, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Pennsylvania Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee, Incident Period: September 03, 2011 to October 15, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared EM-3340: September 08, 2011, FEMA Id: 3340, Natural disaster type: Tropical Storm
• Pennsylvania Tropical Storm Lee, Incident Period: September 03, 2011 to October 15, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4030: September 12, 2011, FEMA Id: 4030, Natural disaster type: Tropical Storm
• Pennsylvania Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: November 16, 2006 to November 17, 2006, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1684: February 23, 2007, FEMA Id: 1684, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Pennsylvania Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides, Incident Period: June 23, 2006 to July 10, 2006, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1649: June 30, 2006, FEMA Id: 1649, Natural disaster type: Storm, Mudslide, Flood
• Pennsylvania Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3235: September 10, 2005, FEMA Id: 3235, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Pennsylvania Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: April 02, 2005 to April 23, 2005, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1587: April 14, 2005, FEMA Id: 1587, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Pennsylvania Tropical Depression Ivan, Incident Period: September 17, 2004 to October 01, 2004, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1557: September 19, 2004, FEMA Id: 1557, Natural disaster type: Tropical Depression
• 10 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

4.54% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($53,700 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
2.43% relocated from other counties in Pennsylvania ($26,208 average AGI)
2.11% relocated from other states ($27,492 average AGI)

Lackawanna County:	2.11%
Pennsylvania average:	2.30%

from Luzerne County, PA	0.72% ($45,176 average AGI)
from Wayne County, PA	0.32% ($49,082)
from Monroe County, PA	0.28% ($44,793)
from Philadelphia County, PA	0.16% ($59,454)
from Susquehanna County, PA	0.16% ($46,892)
from Wyoming County, PA	0.15% ($46,492)
from Kings County, NY	0.09% ($60,150)

4.43% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($54,338 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
2.40% relocated to other counties in Pennsylvania ($26,736 average AGI)
2.03% relocated to other states ($27,602 average AGI)

Lackawanna County:	2.03%
Pennsylvania average:	2.47%

to Luzerne County, PA	0.82% ($45,962 average AGI)
to Wayne County, PA	0.30% ($48,773)
to Wyoming County, PA	0.18% ($58,844)
to Susquehanna County, PA	0.16% ($44,181)
to Philadelphia County, PA	0.12% ($53,860)
to Monroe County, PA	0.12% ($42,762)
to Montgomery County, PA	0.07% ($71,517)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.9
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 10.6
Births per 1000 population from 2010 to 2019: 10.2

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 13.2
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2019: 12.6

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Lackawanna County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 6%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 41,944 (12,958 living alone), Female householders: 46,350 (15,039 living alone)

• 38,984 spouses (38,475 opposite-sex spouses), 8,456 unmarried partners, (8,334 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 59,317 children (56,399 natural, 1,402 adopted, 1,516 stepchildren), 3,935 grandchildren, 1,427 brothers or sisters, 2,409 parents, 42 foster children, 1,866 other relatives, 3,215 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 7,718

Size of family households: 24,062 2-persons, 13,946 3-persons, 8,974 4-persons, 4,623 5-persons, 1,392 6-persons, 1,053 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 27,997 1-person, 5,682 2-persons, 456 3-persons, 17 4-persons, 92 5-persons.

25,575 married couples with children.
14,633 single-parent households (3,919 men, 10,714 women).

89.8% of residents of Lackawanna speak English at home.
5.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (58% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
3.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (56% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (59% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (54% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 26% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $1,801,277,000 ($8,580 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $369,019,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $641,259,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $434,371,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $10,536,000
Federal grants: $279,144,000
Federal procurement contracts: $369,462,000 ($347,661,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $66,505,000 ($7,193,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $2,128,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $40,271,000
Federal Government insurance: $180,530,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	-1 per 1000 residents
State:	-2 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 35.83 millions of gallons per day (6% from ground, 94% from surface)

• Year house built in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
• 5712020 or later
• 4,7662010 to 2019
• 5,4762000 to 2009
• 5,6471990 to 1999
• 8,5821980 to 1989
• 11,7891970 to 1979
• 9,8841960 to 1969
• 7,4161950 to 1959
• 8,8091940 to 1949
• 37,0421939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
• 281 room
• 02 rooms
• 6463 rooms
• 2,6444 rooms
• 7,7835 rooms
• 15,0506 rooms
• 12,7717 rooms
• 8,3528 rooms
• 11,4919+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
• 1,3451 room
• 1,5342 rooms
• 6,8133 rooms
• 6,4414 rooms
• 5,8175 rooms
• 4,1036 rooms
• 1,3687 rooms
• 1,4008 rooms
• 7089+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
• 28no bedroom
• 1,0781 bedroom
• 8,0792 bedrooms
• 33,6153 bedrooms
• 12,3164 bedrooms
• 3,6495+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
• 1,462no bedroom
• 8,0601 bedroom
• 11,3302 bedrooms
• 7,0833 bedrooms
• 1,4454 bedrooms
• 1495+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Lackawanna County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 1,834no vehicle
• 17,5131 vehicle
• 25,6412 vehicles
• 10,1623 vehicles
• 3,0514 vehicles
• 5645+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Lackawanna County in renter-occupied apartments
• 6,585no vehicle
• 15,7711 vehicle
• 6,1952 vehicles
• 8443 vehicles
• 954 vehicles
• 395+ vehicles

87.9% of Lackawanna County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 51% lived in Pennsylvania.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 167,508
• Other state: 34,452
• Northeast: 26,313
• Midwest: 2,115
• South: 4,697
• West: 1,327

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 6,061
• Number of aged recipients: 575
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 5,486
• Number of recipients under 18: 1,099
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 3,796
• Number of recipients older than 64: 1,166
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 2,283
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 2,809

Lackawanna County on our top lists:

• #23 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2011"
• #28 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of deaths per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #29 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating to other counties in 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #29 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Orthodox congregations"
• #29 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Orthodox congregations (pop. 50,000+)"
• #41 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating to other counties in 2011"
• #43 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Catholic congregations"
• #43 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Catholic congregations (pop. 50,000+)"
• #44 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest increase in the number of births per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop 50,000+)"
• #48 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2010 and 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #57 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #77 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of births per 1000 residents 2007-2013"
• #77 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of births per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop 50,000+)"
• #81 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2010 and 2011"
• #90 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Orthodox adherents (pop. 50,000+)"
• #92 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Orthodox adherents"
• #100 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest decrease in the number of deaths per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #101 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for Obama (Democrat) in the 2012 Presidential Election (pop. 50,000+)"