Archbald vs Scranton

A side-by-side comparison of Archbald and Scranton: population, income, housing, and more.

Archbald and Scranton are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Scranton has the higher population (76,074 vs 7,348 in Archbald). Archbald has the higher median household income ($76,315 vs $49,531 in Scranton). Archbald has the higher median home value ($211,400 vs $141,700 in Scranton).

Population, income & housing

	Archbald	Scranton
Population	7,348	76,074
Median age	44.0 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$76,315	$49,531
Median home value	$211,400	$141,700
Median gross rent	$951	$991
Housing units	3,180	35,623
Homeownership rate	74.9%	50.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.4%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Archbald	Scranton
Population	6,988 → 7,348 (+5.2%)	77,054 → 76,074 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$53,212 → $76,315 (+43.4%)	$40,608 → $49,531 (+22.0%)
Median home value	$174,700 → $211,400 (+21.0%)	$103,000 → $141,700 (+37.6%)
Median gross rent	$844 → $951 (+12.7%)	$782 → $991 (+26.7%)

Archbald

Population

6,9887,348

Median household income

$53,212$76,315

Median home value

$174,700$211,400

Median gross rent

$844$951

Scranton

Population

77,05476,074

Median household income

$40,608$49,531

Median home value

$103,000$141,700

Median gross rent

$782$991

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Archbald	Scranton
Under 5	5.9%	4.9%
5 to 17	18.4%	15.7%
18 to 24	7.4%	13.3%
25 to 34	6.0%	12.6%
35 to 44	14.3%	11.7%
45 to 54	15.4%	11.5%
55 to 64	16.2%	12.1%
65 to 74	9.9%	10.9%
75 and over	6.6%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Archbald	Scranton
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	68.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.5%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	16.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Archbald	Scranton
No high school diploma	7.9%	12.5%
High school graduate	29.6%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Archbald	Scranton
Drove alone	83.7%	69.8%
Carpooled	6.9%	13.4%
Public transit	0.4%	1.7%
Walked	1.1%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.6%	8.5%
Other means	1.3%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Archbald	Scranton
1-unit, detached	82.3%	48.9%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	10.9%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	25.1%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	7.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Archbald	Scranton
Poverty rate	8.5%	22.0%
Average household size	2.55	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1967	1938