Lackawanna County * Scranton--Wilkes-Barre metro
1.6K
Population
$36.1K
Median income
per household
$267.2K
Home value
39.0%
Poverty rate
What stands out
0 of 5 metrics better than U.S. benchmarks
Housing stretch: typical home values are about 7.4× the median household income.
Median household income
$36.1K
U.S.
$81K
Per-capita income
$29.5K
U.S.
$45K
Median home value
$267.2K
U.S.
$333K
Rent-burdened renters (≥30%)
56.8%
U.S.
51.1%
Severely rent-burdened (≥50%)
24.9%
U.S.
25.9%
Rent-to-Income
39.3%
Above 30% threshold (cost-burdened)
Home-Value-to-Income
7.4×
Above typical 3-5x ratio
Share of households by income bracket (ACS).
0 of 1 available metrics better than U.S.
CDC PLACES modeled ZCTA-level estimates (some measures may be unavailable).
3 of 3 metrics better than U.S.
Best available speed
1,000Mbps
Gigabit speeds reported
100+ Mbps coverage
100.0%
U.S.
85.3%
Gigabit ready
100.0%
U.S.
8.6%
5G available
90.3%
U.S.
77.4%
Education metrics come from ACS 5-year estimates for ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs).
Bachelor's degree+ (age 25+)
51.2%
U.S.
35.7%
A high share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher often correlates with higher-paying jobs and knowledge-economy industries.
ZIP-level estimates can have higher margins of error than county/state totals; treat small differences as noise.
School districts
6 tracts overlap this ZIP. Hover over segments to explore.
Tract 1002
53.3%
Tract 1025
21.7%
Tract 1023
11.4%
Tract 1014
10.2%
Tract 1003
1.9%
Others (1)
1.4%
ZIP codes can span multiple congressional districts. Overlap percentages are approximate by land area. Verify by address.
PA-8
100%
Release schedule and upstream dates: Sources.
Derived statistics
Data accuracy & methodology