Moosic is a city of 5,973 people in Pennsylvania. The average commute runs 15 minutes. At a median age of 42.7, this is an older place than the country as a whole. The foreign-born share is 7%. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $250,900. The poverty rate is 7.2%, under the national 12.5%.
At a glance
Average income
median household income $80,187, near the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 42.7
US median: 38.9
More educated
40% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 47%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Moosic
What changed most since 1990
Homes owned by their occupants82.2% → 66.6%(−15.7 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Adults with a bachelor's degree8.0% → 39.6%(+31.6 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Moosic's population equals 2.8% of Lackawanna County's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 1.4% of the county's. Its number of people who work from home equals 4.4% 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%(0)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)24.9%(88)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era35.3%(125)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War28.5%(101)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II16.1%(57)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 354 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
Moosic, decade by decade
Moosic 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
5,339
$66,410
$163,685
8.0%
2.5
2000
5,575
$71,021
$170,325
19.1%
4.0
2010
5,719
$83,187
$217,943
27.9%
17.1
2020
5,959
$72,230
$217,561
26.7%
31.3
2024
5,973
$80,187
$250,900
39.6%
44.5
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.
