Laurel Run - Luzerne county

Population 723

Laurel Run, Pennsylvania

Laurel Run, Pennsylvania, in Luzerne county, is 16 miles SW of Scranton, Pennsylvania and 94 miles W of Newark, New Jersey. The town is part of the Scranton - - Wilkes - Barre - - Hazleton metropolitan statistical area (MSA). About 723 people people live in Laurel Run.

The People and Families of Laurel Run

In Laurel Run, about 51% of adults are married.

Laurel Run is a good place to find men, since there are so many of them in the town.

Wealth and Education

In 2000, Laurel Run had a median family income of $40,455.

Laurel Run Housing

Of the houses, apartments, etc. in Laurel Run, about 91% are lived in by their owners, not renters. Notably, housing in the town tends to be newer than in most towns. The average property tax bill in Laurel Run is higher than that of most other communities in Pennsylvania.

Commuting

In Laurel Run, 90% of commuters drive to work.

Laurel Run Population (2000)

Category	Count	Percent
Total Population	723	100%
Male	382	52.8%
Female	341	47.2%
Under 18	140	19.4%
18+	583	80.6%
65+	85	11.8%
Median Age	39.7
Average Family Size	3.01
White	719	99.4%
African-American	2	0.3%
Asian	0	0%
American Indian & Alaskan	1	0.1%
Other	0	0%
Mixed Race	1	0.1%
Hispanic (included in categories above)	2	0.3%
Median Family Income (1999)	$40,455
Population In Poverty	62	8.5%

Laurel Run Ancestry

Ancestry	Percent
Polish	28.3%
German	16.3%
Italian	14.2%
Irish	11.4%
English	4.9%
Slovak	3.5%
Welsh	3.3%
Russian	2.3%
US/American	2.1%
Other (often includes Hispanic and African American)	1.9%
Dutch	1.8%
European	1.6%
Lithuanian	1.6%
French (except Basque)	1.4%
Ukrainian	1.1%
French Canadian	0.9%
Czechoslovakian	0.5%
Pennsylvania German	0.5%
Scotch-Irish	0.5%
Hungarian	0.4%
Greek	0.4%
Syrian	0.4%
Czech	0.4%
Lebanese	0.4%