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Chinchilla, Pennsylvania.

A community in Lackawanna County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Lackawanna County’s.

Living in Chinchilla, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

Chinchilla, in Lackawanna County, had 1,959 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $92,167 a year and half less, against $66,223 across Lackawanna County; 2% of its people live below the poverty line. 89% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 11% are rented. Unemployment in Lackawanna County was 4.6% in August 2026, and the county had 0.7% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Lackawanna County work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 1,959 in the 2020 census
Household income $92,167 the median, give or take $17,650 · Lackawanna County: $66,223
Unemployment 4.6% Lackawanna County, August 2026; 5.7% a year before
Homes 89% lived in by their owners; 11% rented
  • 830households
  • 53%of adults have a degree
  • 2%below the poverty line
  • 17 mintypical commute
  • 6%work from home

What people in Lackawanna County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care28%
  • Shops (retail)13%
  • Manufacturing10%
  • Professional and business services9%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment8%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities7%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Lackawanna County had 98,798 jobs in 2025, 0.7% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 36° and 20°; warmest in July, 85° and 63° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 36° 20° F M A M J J 85° 63° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 36° and 20°; warmest in July, 85° and 63° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 36° 20° F M A M J J 85° 63° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 36° and lows near 20°; warmest in July, with highs near 85° and lows near 63°. About 45 inches of snow and 39 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Wilkes-barre International Airport weather station, 11 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Lackawanna County

  1. Community Medical CenterGeneral hospital1,718FTE
  2. Vocational Services1,138
  3. AmazonGeneral warehousing and storage1,079
  4. University of ScrantonUniversity or college1,007
  5. Scranton SDSchool district967FTE
  6. Regional Hospital of ScrantonGeneral hospital921FTE
  7. GentexMilitary insignia, textile, manufacturing732
  8. Saint Joseph's CenterIntellectual and developmental disability intermediate care facilities614

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 195 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 26,197 people in all across the county; Chinchilla has none of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Winter weatherRelatively high
  2. Cold wavesRelatively moderate
  3. LightningRelatively moderate
  4. Inland floodingrelatively high in parts of ChinchillaRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Chinchilla’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Lackawanna County.