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Carbondale city, Pennsylvania: commercial real estate data.
Carbondale city is a Census city of 8,789 people across 3.24 square miles of land, in Lackawanna County. Median household income is $47,716, 51.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 12 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.8 m.
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Carbondale
What Carbondale is
- Census place typecity
- Land area3.24 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,710
- County holding the largest share of its areaLackawanna County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Carbondale
How many people live in Carbondale
- Population8,789
- Median age42.3
- Population under 181,872
- Share under 1821.3 percent
- Population 65 and over1,836
- Share 65 and over20.9 percent
- Households3,751
- Family households2,147
- Share of households that are families57.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Carbondale
Income and work in Carbondale
- Median household income$47,716 plus or minus $12,897
- Per capita income$27,436
- Civilian labor force3,743
- Employed3,427
- Unemployed316 plus or minus 113
- Unemployment rate8.4 percent plus or minus 2.9
- Adults 25 and over6,131
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher90.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher19.0 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.5 percent plus or minus 2.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Carbondale
Housing in Carbondale
- Housing units4,224
- Occupied units3,751
- Vacant units473 plus or minus 174
- Vacancy rate11.2 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Owner occupied1,920
- Renter occupied1,831
- Ownership rate51.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$132,200
- Median gross rent, monthly$660 plus or minus $168
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.6 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Single family units2,492
- Share single family59.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,732
- Share in buildings of two or more41.0 percent
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1955
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Carbondale
How Carbondale gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute3,231
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,223 plus or minus 305
- Share commuting under 15 minutes37.9 percent plus or minus 8.5
- Commuting 30 minutes or more847 plus or minus 230
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more26.2 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Drove alone75.8 percent
- Carpooled8.4 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked10.2 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Worked from home4.7 percent plus or minus 2.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Carbondale
SBA 7(a) lending to Carbondale borrowers
- Approvals12
- Gross approval$1,831,700
- Average approval$152,642
- Median approval$100,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$405,000
- Largest approval$416,200
- Jobs supported62
- Jobs per approval5.2
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more16.7 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders5
- Distinct industries by NAICS8
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Carbondale
SBA 504 lending to Carbondale borrowers
- Approvals4
- Gross approval$978,000
- Average approval$244,500
- Median approval$323,000
- Largest approval$343,000
- Jobs supported50
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off1
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Carbondale
Flood programme status in Carbondale
- Listed NFIP communities2
- Of those, participating2
- NFIP community number420526
- Currently effective map date08/05/20
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Lackawanna County, not Carbondale
Lackawanna County context, not Carbondale figures
These are Lackawanna County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Carbondale measurements.
- Establishments in Lackawanna County5,198
- Employment at those establishments, Lackawanna County91,059
- Covered employment, Lackawanna County98,108
- Average annual pay, Lackawanna County$53,720
- Average weekly wage, Lackawanna County$1,033
- Housing units permitted, Lackawanna County250
- Of those, single family, Lackawanna County204
- County product, 2024, Lackawanna County$13,421,381,000
- County product change over the prior year, Lackawanna County4.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Lackawanna County$57,737
Every figure in this section is published for Lackawanna County as a whole and is not a measurement of Carbondale. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Carbondale questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Carbondale, Pennsylvania?
8,789, in 3,751 households. Carbondale city covers 3.24 square miles of land, which is 2,710 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Carbondale in?
Lackawanna County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Carbondale?
$47,716. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $132,200. Median gross rent is $660 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Carbondale businesses?
12 7(a) approvals totalling $1.8 m, across 5 lenders, median approval $100,000, plus 4 504 approvals worth $978,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Carbondale, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Carbondale borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Carbondale. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Is Carbondale in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Carbondale appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 420526, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Carbondale figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Lackawanna County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Carbondale.
Is zoning published for Carbondale?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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