Old Forge vs Scranton

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

Old Forge 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 8,533 in Old Forge). Old Forge has the higher median household income ($73,258 vs $49,531 in Scranton). Old Forge has the higher median home value ($169,700 vs $141,700 in Scranton).

Population, income & housing

	Old Forge	Scranton
Population	8,533	76,074
Median age	47.2 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$73,258	$49,531
Median home value	$169,700	$141,700
Median gross rent	$862	$991
Housing units	3,949	35,623
Homeownership rate	71.2%	50.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.2%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Old Forge	Scranton
Population	7,965 → 8,533 (+7.1%)	77,054 → 76,074 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$57,563 → $73,258 (+27.3%)	$40,608 → $49,531 (+22.0%)
Median home value	$148,500 → $169,700 (+14.3%)	$103,000 → $141,700 (+37.6%)
Median gross rent	$835 → $862 (+3.2%)	$782 → $991 (+26.7%)

Old Forge

Population

7,9658,533

Median household income

$57,563$73,258

Median home value

$148,500$169,700

Median gross rent

$835$862

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)

	Old Forge	Scranton
Under 5	8.3%	4.9%
5 to 17	11.1%	15.7%
18 to 24	3.8%	13.3%
25 to 34	15.8%	12.6%
35 to 44	9.8%	11.7%
45 to 54	14.1%	11.5%
55 to 64	15.8%	12.1%
65 to 74	12.0%	10.9%
75 and over	9.5%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Old Forge	Scranton
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	68.0%
Black or African American	0.6%	6.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.2%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.7%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	16.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Old Forge	Scranton
No high school diploma	5.6%	12.5%
High school graduate	35.1%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	25.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Old Forge	Scranton
Drove alone	76.3%	69.8%
Carpooled	11.3%	13.4%
Public transit	0.6%	1.7%
Walked	1.6%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.0%	8.5%
Other means	0.3%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Old Forge	Scranton
1-unit, detached	72.2%	48.9%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	10.9%
2 to 4 units	16.8%	25.1%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	7.1%
20 or more units	0.3%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Old Forge	Scranton
Poverty rate	7.4%	22.0%
Average household size	2.27	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1959	1938