Name: Scranton, PA
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Living in Scranton, PA

Ranks better than 85% of areas Follow

Population

76,997

Median Age

37.3 Years

Scranton Area Facts

Scranton has a Livability Score of 85_/100, which is considered exceptional
Scranton crime rates are 7% lower than the Pennsylvania average
Cost of living in Scranton is 9% lower than the Pennsylvania average

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What do the locals think about Scranton?

57%

Family friendly

52%

Public transit is accessible

57%

Walkable to grocery stores

19%

Yards are well-kept

43%

Lots of parks

57%

Walkable to restaurants

Friendly neighbors

Safe at night

Pet friendly

Streets have sidewalks

52%

A quiet area

29%

Sense of community

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Scranton Reviews

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Safe and has the essentials 5 rating By Anonymous ( Dec 02, 2019) Safe, especially for a city. Minooka is the safest section of the city. Public transit is accessible. International airport and buses take tou anywhere you want to go. Great food. Cost of living isn't as high as most places. Not far from Philadelphia or New York City (2 hours fro ...Read More m each). Downtown is growing. 3 hospitals in the city. Read Less

Amazing little place 4 rating By Anonymous ( Aug 21, 2019) I came here when I was 9. It was such a fun time for me the mall,a Thanksgiving festival at the time, and the friendly people. Went to scranton last week and was just as happy as I was 5 years ago ...Read More Read Less

Safe, Spectacular nightlife 5 rating By Anonymous ( Jun 16, 2018) Born and raised in Scranton and I adore it! Scranton is safe, spectacular nightlife, 2 hrs to NYC, Philadelphia. Lots of attractions in Scranton (Montage Mtn, Steamtown Museum, Nay Aug Park). It's cheaper to live here compared to New York/New Jersey, but worth it! It's a great ar ...Read More ea for families and upscale businesses. Overall, fun place to live. Read Less

A very welcoming city 5 rating By Anonymous ( Jun 16, 2018) I came to the United States in 2002 from Italy. We settled in NYC, then Queens, then Long Island then to Scranton, PA. We moved here because it is a great place to live in with lower taxes. Scranton is very old city and this town has been always safe and friendly place. There is ...Read More Nay Aug Park, Steamtown Museum and much more family attractions. I like Scranton because it is a humble city. My neighborhood is under revitalization filled with great neighbors. We always care for each other and I always feel like I am welcome here and this is my home. Read Less

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Safe, Spectacular nightlife 5 rating By Anonymous ( Jun 16, 2018) Born and raised in Scranton and I adore it! Scranton is safe, spectacular nightlife, 2 hrs to NYC, Philadelphia. Lots of attractions in Scranton (Montage Mtn, Steamtown Museum, Nay Aug Park). It's cheaper to live here compared to New York/New Jersey, but worth it! It's a great ar ...Read More ea for families and upscale businesses. Overall, fun place to live. Read Less

A very welcoming city 5 rating By Anonymous ( Jun 16, 2018) I came to the United States in 2002 from Italy. We settled in NYC, then Queens, then Long Island then to Scranton, PA. We moved here because it is a great place to live in with lower taxes. Scranton is very old city and this town has been always safe and friendly place. There is ...Read More Nay Aug Park, Steamtown Museum and much more family attractions. I like Scranton because it is a humble city. My neighborhood is under revitalization filled with great neighbors. We always care for each other and I always feel like I am welcome here and this is my home. Read Less

Scranton is a Great Place to live! 5 rating By nicole webber ( May 27, 2018) Scranton is a great city with allot to offer. Very clean, friendly, and convenient to everything you need. It also nice that it is only 2 hours to Philly or NYC. Scranton is rated most affordable city with the best schools and no crime. There is also top notch healthcare at Geisi ...Read More nger CMC. Allot of people are moving here due to all the above which is making it more diverse :) It is growing fast so if your planning on buying a low cost home here now is the time while it is still cheap. It would be a wonderful investment! Read Less

Great place for white conservatives to live. 3.5 rating By Thoughtank101 ( Nov 10, 2017) Pros:Cost of living is low. Crime is low. Weather is fine, no extremes really. Public transportation is very slow and ends at about 5:30pm. If you are a white conservative, on low income, this is your heaven. Good for retirees, lots of apartments available for the elderly, medica ...Read More l care isn't far from anywhere. Cons:Scranton is an over 80% white community. It hasn't had a lot of experience with other races. To me Scranton being an older community with low education, it's in sort of a time capsule. The way people speak dress and act is sort of 1950s , so its a sort of covert racism that you'll get here and being a relatively small community with limited job opportunity, finding a good job without having a connection, is going to be very difficult. Read Less

Nicely put : Stay away or leave if you can. 0.5 rating By Steve So ( Mar 02, 2017) Scranton Pa, where to start? Don't believe all that's written. There is very little industry left, in fact a job that pays a livable wage is nearly non-existent. The area has plenty of food service and retail jobs, but sadly little else. Then there's the city itself, higher than ...Read More average taxes for lower than average services. The city itself is slowly sliding into a bankruptcy situation as it owes much more money out than it's bringing in even with local taxes that are higher than Philadelphia PA. That being said the management of the city and it's school district are as corrupt as you will find. Talk to locals and most will tell you they are waiting for big arrests on these folks. Speaking of arrests, most crime in the city go unreported except very large ones so stats are unreliable. To sum it up, there are much better places to go. Read Less

Scranton, PA - In The Pocono Mountains 4.5 rating By Anonymous ( Jul 28, 2010) My wife and I spent a week in Scranton at the Radisson Lackawanna Station Hotel. The hotel is a historic landmark that once was a train station. The inside is beautiful and has a great restaurant and both a wine bar and a regular bar. The hotel was definitely on par with other 4 ...Read More or 5 star hotels but had rates comparable to a 2 or 3 star hotel. Scranton is located in the beautiful Pocono mountains and due to that the highways go through a lot of twists and turns. The city of Scranton is kind of difficult to find your way around but the people are very helpful with directions.

There are a lot of stores in the area including some awesome small neighborhood grocery stores. The restaurants seemed a bit pricey but the food was good. We had a lot of fun just looking around. The whole area is beautiful and Scranton is pretty high up on a mountain so you can see for miles around. There is a lot to do both in the city and the surrounding countryside. I look forward to visiting Scranton again. Read Less

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