Blakely vs Scranton

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

Blakely 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 6,661 in Blakely). Blakely has the higher median household income ($59,858 vs $49,531 in Scranton). Blakely has the higher median home value ($183,600 vs $141,700 in Scranton).

Population, income & housing

	Blakely	Scranton
Population	6,661	76,074
Median age	52.8 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$59,858	$49,531
Median home value	$183,600	$141,700
Median gross rent	$988	$991
Housing units	3,337	35,623
Homeownership rate	67.1%	50.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blakely	Scranton
Population	6,258 → 6,661 (+6.4%)	77,054 → 76,074 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$54,194 → $59,858 (+10.5%)	$40,608 → $49,531 (+22.0%)
Median home value	$160,800 → $183,600 (+14.2%)	$103,000 → $141,700 (+37.6%)
Median gross rent	$837 → $988 (+18.0%)	$782 → $991 (+26.7%)

Blakely

Population

6,2586,661

Median household income

$54,194$59,858

Median home value

$160,800$183,600

Median gross rent

$837$988

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)

	Blakely	Scranton
Under 5	4.2%	4.9%
5 to 17	12.4%	15.7%
18 to 24	3.4%	13.3%
25 to 34	8.6%	12.6%
35 to 44	15.0%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.2%	11.5%
55 to 64	14.8%	12.1%
65 to 74	12.6%	10.9%
75 and over	17.9%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blakely	Scranton
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	68.0%
Black or African American	1.1%	6.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.3%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	16.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blakely	Scranton
No high school diploma	4.7%	12.5%
High school graduate	43.2%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blakely	Scranton
Drove alone	71.1%	69.8%
Carpooled	16.1%	13.4%
Public transit	1.4%	1.7%
Walked	1.1%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	8.0%	8.5%
Other means	2.4%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blakely	Scranton
1-unit, detached	69.2%	48.9%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	10.9%
2 to 4 units	24.8%	25.1%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	7.1%
20 or more units	0.6%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Blakely	Scranton
Poverty rate	7.7%	22.0%
Average household size	2.08	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1944	1938