For a small city, Lackawanna has a lot of people who use public transit to get to work, and those that do mostly ride the bus. This suggests that a real need for low-cost transportation in Lackawanna exists, and local transit is helping to meet that need.
In terms of college education, Lackawanna is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.80% of adults 25 and older in Lackawanna have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Lackawanna in 2022 was $26,033, which is low income relative to New York, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $104,132 for a family of four. However, Lackawanna contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Lackawanna is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Lackawanna home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lackawanna residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Lackawanna include Polish, German, Italian, Irish, and Other Arab.
The most common language spoken in Lackawanna is English. Other important languages spoken here include Arabic and Spanish.
