Who's moving to and from Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania?

More arrived than left in 2022–23: 6,763 people in, 6,535 out. Most were moving between Pennsylvania counties.

See where they came from ↓
Net change
+228 people
−70 households
Arrivals' income
$53.7k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$67.3k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where Lackawanna County's newcomers came from in Pennsylvania

Blue lines show arrivals · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other Pennsylvania counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Kings County, NY, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 5 in 10 already lived in Pennsylvania. People, 2022–23.

  1. Luzerne County1,122
  2. Wayne County496
  3. Monroe County332
  4. Wyoming County220
  5. Susquehanna County206
  6. Bronx County, NY198
  7. Kings County, NY191
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)2,498

Where did people go?

About 5 in 10 who left stayed in Pennsylvania. People, 2022–23.

  1. Luzerne County1,091
  2. Wayne County410
  3. Susquehanna County273
  4. Wyoming County249
  5. Philadelphia County192
  6. Monroe County168
  7. Pike County109
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)2,773

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
76 people
Left for abroad
66 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Lackawanna usually growing from moves?

Mostly not. More households left than arrived in 7 of the 10 years with published totals.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−7022–23††‡†
Net migration of Lackawanna County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−553
2014–15 †−314
2015–16−580
2016–17 †−283
2017–18−433
2018–19 ‡−165
2019–20+64
2020–21+99
2021–22+128
2022–23 †−70

The IRS changed its processing in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. Compare years between the dotted lines. ‡ County disclosure-method change in 2018–19: small counts began being deleted rather than reassigned to similar categories. County figures across this break may not be comparable.

Cite this page

Moved Where. “Who's moving to and from Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania?” movedwhere.com/county/lackawanna-county-pa. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.