Blakely is a city of 6,662 people in Pennsylvania. At a median age of 49.6, this is an older place than the country as a whole. The foreign-born share is 2%. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $198,300. That trails the Pennsylvania median by roughly 28%. 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $55,855, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 49.6
US median: 38.9
Less educated
28% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Blakely
What changed most since 1990
White share99.6% → 94.3%(−5.3 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Median home value (2024 dollars)$174,725 → $198,300(+13%)US over the same years: +67%
Homes owned by their occupants73.1% → 68.1%(−4.9 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Blakely's population equals 3.1% of Lackawanna County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 0.8% of the county's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 1.9% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)0.4%(1)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)8.1%(22)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era51.3%(140)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War10.6%(29)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 273 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Blakely, decade by decade
Blakely population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
7,222
$61,814
$174,725
14.6%
1.1
2000
7,027
$64,319
$167,957
19.9%
5.2
2010
6,564
$54,886
$206,147
17.4%
11.0
2020
6,657
$62,020
$180,594
23.4%
23.9
2024
6,662
$55,855
$198,300
27.8%
13.7
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
