Carbondale vs Scranton

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

Carbondale 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 8,820 in Carbondale). Scranton has the higher median household income ($49,531 vs $48,592 in Carbondale). Scranton has the higher median home value ($141,700 vs $118,800 in Carbondale).

Population, income & housing

	Carbondale	Scranton
Population	8,820	76,074
Median age	42.5 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$48,592	$49,531
Median home value	$118,800	$141,700
Median gross rent	$788	$991
Housing units	4,470	35,623
Homeownership rate	52.7%	50.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carbondale	Scranton
Population	8,471 → 8,820 (+4.1%)	77,054 → 76,074 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$40,103 → $48,592 (+21.2%)	$40,608 → $49,531 (+22.0%)
Median home value	$90,700 → $118,800 (+31.0%)	$103,000 → $141,700 (+37.6%)
Median gross rent	$711 → $788 (+10.8%)	$782 → $991 (+26.7%)

Carbondale

Population

8,4718,820

Median household income

$40,103$48,592

Median home value

$90,700$118,800

Median gross rent

$711$788

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)

	Carbondale	Scranton
Under 5	7.1%	4.9%
5 to 17	13.8%	15.7%
18 to 24	5.9%	13.3%
25 to 34	14.0%	12.6%
35 to 44	12.4%	11.7%
45 to 54	8.7%	11.5%
55 to 64	15.0%	12.1%
65 to 74	12.6%	10.9%
75 and over	10.5%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carbondale	Scranton
White (non-Hispanic)	79.3%	68.0%
Black or African American	2.2%	6.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.5%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.6%	16.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carbondale	Scranton
No high school diploma	10.0%	12.5%
High school graduate	41.0%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carbondale	Scranton
Drove alone	78.3%	69.8%
Carpooled	6.2%	13.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.7%
Walked	10.2%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	4.4%	8.5%
Other means	0.9%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carbondale	Scranton
1-unit, detached	55.6%	48.9%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	10.9%
2 to 4 units	25.9%	25.1%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	7.1%
20 or more units	6.3%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Carbondale	Scranton
Poverty rate	25.0%	22.0%
Average household size	2.20	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1949	1938