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Scranton city, Pennsylvania: commercial real estate data.
Scranton city is a Census city of 76,033 people across 25.31 square miles of land, in Lackawanna County. Median household income is $50,739, 49.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 103 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $42.9 m.
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Scranton
What Scranton is
- Census place typecity
- Land area25.31 sq mi
- Water area0.23 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land3,004
- 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.
Scranton
How many people live in Scranton
- Population76,033
- Median age37.2
- Population under 1816,098
- Share under 1821.2 percent
- Population 65 and over14,452
- Share 65 and over19.0 percent
- Households30,247
- Family households16,721
- Share of households that are families55.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Scranton
Income and work in Scranton
- Median household income$50,739
- Per capita income$28,347
- Civilian labor force34,491
- Employed32,628
- Unemployed1,863
- Unemployment rate5.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over50,388
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher86.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher23.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree9.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Scranton
Housing in Scranton
- Housing units35,512
- Occupied units30,247
- Vacant units5,265
- Vacancy rate14.8 percent
- Owner occupied15,083
- Renter occupied15,164
- Ownership rate49.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$158,100
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,048
- Annual rent as a share of median income24.8 percent
- Single family units21,045
- Share single family59.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more14,359
- Share in buildings of two or more40.4 percent
- Mobile homes108 plus or minus 65
- Median year structure built1938
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Scranton
How Scranton gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute29,092
- Commuting under 15 minutes12,605
- Share commuting under 15 minutes43.3 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more5,131
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more17.6 percent
- Drove alone70.6 percent
- Carpooled12.7 percent
- Public transport1.2 percent plus or minus 0.4
- Walked4.8 percent
- Worked from home9.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Scranton
SBA loans in Scranton (7(a))
- Approvals103
- Gross approval$42,935,600
- Average approval$416,850
- Median approval$160,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$808,200
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported826
- Jobs per approval8.0
- Loans with a final outcome20
- Paid in full20
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more12.6 percent
- Share to franchises4.9 percent
- Distinct lenders25
- Distinct industries by NAICS57
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Scranton
SBA loans in Scranton (504)
- Approvals24
- Gross approval$16,029,000
- Average approval$667,875
- Median approval$454,000
- Largest approval$1,922,000
- Jobs supported343
- Loans with a final outcome7
- Charged off1
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs5
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Scranton
Flood risk in Scranton
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number420538
- 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 Scranton
Lackawanna County context, not Scranton 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 Scranton 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 Scranton. 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
Scranton questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Scranton, Pennsylvania?
76,033, in 30,247 households. Scranton city covers 25.31 square miles of land, which is 3,004 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Scranton 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 Scranton?
$50,739. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $158,100. Median gross rent is $1,048 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Scranton businesses?
103 7(a) approvals totalling $42.9 m, across 25 lenders, median approval $160,000, plus 24 504 approvals worth $16.0 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Scranton, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Scranton borrowers get paid back?
Of the 20 loans that have reached a final outcome, 20 were paid in full and 0 charged off, a charge off rate of 0.0 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Scranton in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Scranton appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 420538, 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 Scranton 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 Scranton.
Is zoning published for Scranton?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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