Lackawanna County vs Monroe County

A side-by-side comparison of Lackawanna County and Monroe County: population, income, housing, and more.

Lackawanna County and Monroe County are counties in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lackawanna County has the higher population (215,834 vs 167,784 in Monroe County). Monroe County has the higher median household income ($82,374 vs $64,691 in Lackawanna County). Monroe County has the higher median home value ($241,200 vs $189,900 in Lackawanna County).

Population, income & housing

	Lackawanna County	Monroe County
Population	215,834	167,784
Median age	41.9 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$64,691	$82,374
Median home value	$189,900	$241,200
Median gross rent	$973	$1,347
Housing units	100,013	79,458
Homeownership rate	65.4%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.1%	27.9%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lackawanna County	Monroe County
Population	210,652 → 215,834 (+2.5%)	168,032 → 167,784 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$52,821 → $64,691 (+22.5%)	$63,934 → $82,374 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$152,400 → $189,900 (+24.6%)	$168,000 → $241,200 (+43.6%)
Median gross rent	$792 → $973 (+22.9%)	$1,108 → $1,347 (+21.6%)

Lackawanna County

Population

210,652215,834

Median household income

$52,821$64,691

Median home value

$152,400$189,900

Median gross rent

$792$973

Monroe County

Population

168,032167,784

Median household income

$63,934$82,374

Median home value

$168,000$241,200

Median gross rent

$1,108$1,347

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lackawanna County	Monroe County
Under 5	5.1%	4.7%
5 to 17	15.4%	14.7%
18 to 24	8.9%	9.3%
25 to 34	12.2%	11.5%
35 to 44	12.0%	11.3%
45 to 54	12.2%	13.3%
55 to 64	14.0%	16.4%
65 to 74	11.7%	11.9%
75 and over	8.6%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lackawanna County	Monroe County
White (non-Hispanic)	81.1%	61.2%
Black or African American	2.9%	13.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.9%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.4%
Two or more races	3.3%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	17.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lackawanna County	Monroe County
No high school diploma	8.4%	9.7%
High school graduate	35.4%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lackawanna County	Monroe County
Drove alone	75.9%	74.2%
Carpooled	9.6%	9.9%
Public transit	0.8%	3.3%
Walked	3.1%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.5%	9.9%
Other means	1.1%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lackawanna County	Monroe County
1-unit, detached	64.7%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	17.6%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	2.1%
20 or more units	3.9%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Lackawanna County	Monroe County
Poverty rate	14.0%	11.3%
Average household size	2.35	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	21	39
Median year structure built	1955	1984