Demographics of Scranton city, Pennsylvania

Scranton city, Pennsylvania had 75,514 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −655 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Scranton city, in four figures

75,514
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 76,033 ±54.; −0.9%
Change since July 2020: −655 people.; 37.2 ±1.1
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $50,739 ±$2,359
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Scranton city, Pennsylvania's population shrank 0.9% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Scranton city, Pennsylvania's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Scranton city, Pennsylvania's population shrank 0.9% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Scranton city, Pennsylvania's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	76,169	100.0	100.0
2021	76,171	100.0	100.2
2022	75,835	99.6	100.7
2023	75,821	99.5	101.6
2024	75,681	99.4	102.5
2025	75,514	99.1	103.1

Population of Scranton city, Pennsylvania on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	76,169	—
2021	76,171	+2
2022	75,835	−336
2023	75,821	−14
2024	75,681	−140
2025	75,514	−167

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 37.2 ±1.1: for men 36.3 ±1.0 and for women 38.4 ±1.9. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Scranton city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Pennsylvania	United States
Under 5	3,847 ±410	5.1% ±0.5	5.2% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	12,251 ±689	16.1% ±0.9	15.2% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	9,547 ±634	12.6% ±0.8	9.0% ±<0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	18,715 ±892	24.6% ±1.2	25.5% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	17,221 ±852	22.6% ±1.1	25.6% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	14,452 ±762	19.0% ±1.0	19.5% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $50,739 ±$2,359, and income per person $28,347 ±$1,111, in 2024 dollars. The median is $77,971 ±$342 in Pennsylvania and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Scranton city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Pennsylvania	United States
Under $25,000	7,781 ±639	25.7% ±2.0	15.1% ±0.1	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	7,172 ±668	23.7% ±2.1	17.4% ±0.1	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	4,896 ±494	16.2% ±1.6	15.9% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	3,491 ±431	11.5% ±1.4	12.8% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	3,979 ±384	13.2% ±1.2	17.7% ±0.1	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	1,778 ±234	5.9% ±0.8	9.3% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	1,150 ±217	3.8% ±0.7	11.8% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Scranton city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Pennsylvania	United States
All ages	16,211 ±1,375	23.0% ±1.9	11.7% ±0.1	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	5,487 ±615	34.4% ±3.2	15.6% ±0.2	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	7,655 ±775	21.0% ±2.0	11.0% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	3,069 ±393	16.8% ±2.0	10.1% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Scranton city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Scranton city	Pennsylvania	United States
Housing units	35,512 ±722	5,806,452 ±672	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	85.2% ±1.5	90.8% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	14.8% ±1.3	9.2% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	49.9% ±2.1	69.3% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	50.1% ±1.6	30.7% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$158,100 ±$3,935	$254,500 ±$767	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,048 ±$29	$1,209 ±$5	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	At the edge of the top or bottom interval	1965 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Scranton city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Pennsylvania	United States
Hispanic or Latino	13,644 ±1,026	17.9% ±1.3	8.7% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	49,331 ±1,097	64.9% ±1.4	73.0% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	4,995 ±690	6.6% ±0.9	10.3% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	3,999 ±505	5.3% ±0.7	3.8% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	18 to 82	< 0.1% to 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 110	0% to 0.1%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	122 to 834	0.2% to 1.1%	0.5% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	3,485 ±693	4.6% ±0.9	3.6% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Scranton city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Pennsylvania	United States
Born in the state	48,626 ±1,257	64.0% ±1.7	70.6% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	15,787 ±1,098	20.8% ±1.4	19.8% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	2,062 ±522	2.7% ±0.7	1.9% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	9,558 ±1,100	12.6% ±1.4	7.7% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	4,124 ±587	5.4% ±0.8	4.3% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	5,434 ±1,095	7.1% ±1.4	3.4% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Scranton city among the places of Pennsylvania

6th of 273 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Pennsylvania page.

Places of Pennsylvania near Scranton city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Pittsburgh city	304,759 ±73
Allentown city	125,976 ±76
Reading city	95,242 ±88
Erie city	93,850 ±65
Bethlehem city	77,956 ±72
Scranton city	76,033 ±54
Lancaster city	57,719 ±84
Levittown CDP	50,926 ±1,798
Harrisburg city	50,287 ±51
York city	44,938 ±66
Wilkes-Barre city	44,423 ±69

Elsewhere on the site

Reported crime in Scranton city, Pennsylvania

Rankings this appears in

No. 8 Places in Pennsylvania by poverty rate
No. 17 Places in Pennsylvania by Hispanic or Latino share
No. 18 Places in Pennsylvania by foreign-born share
No. 101 Places in Pennsylvania by median age
No. 120 Places in Pennsylvania by median rent
No. 163 Places in Pennsylvania by homeownership rate

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026