Located in Northeastern Pennsylvania, Lackawanna County is home to the city of Scranton, the region’s largest city.

Interstates 81, 84, 380 and 476 converge in Lackawanna County, while Interstate 80 is less than 30 minutes away. New York City, Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Syracuse are a little more than two hours away.

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Lackawanna County offers its residents a whole lot of everything, including a low cost of living, a high quality of life and a superior educational and healthcare system.

Situated in a region that boasts the eighth lowest crime rate in the country, our residents enjoy affordable housing and a growing number of shopping, cultural and recreational facilities.

Some of the many major attractions and amenities our county has to offer are: the Montage Ski Resort, the Coors Light Amphitheater at Montage, the Scranton Cultural Center, the Lackawanna County Stadium, the Steamtown National Historic Site, the Mall at Steamtown and the Viewmont Mall.

Our residents also value the variety of sporting and recreational outlets that are available year round. To learn more about Lackawanna County’s great quality of life just click here.

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Sports are a popular pastime here in Lackawanna County, with several minor and major league baseball, basketball, hockey and football teams located nearby.

The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons baseball team is a local favorite for all of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The Philadelphia Phillies’ AAA minor league affiliate, the Barons' exciting games are a perennial crowd-pleaser every spring, summer and fall.

For those who live for the thrill of a live harness race, there’s always action to be found at Pocono Downs. Whether you come to play or watch, The Downs is guaranteed to provide an unforgettable night at the races.

Those who’d like an American History adventure for the whole family should take the Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour. Here you will travel 300 feet beneath the earth’s surface and travel through three different veins of coal in an actual mine.

And there’s more fun to be had with history at the $70 million Steamtown National Historic Site. It’s America's newest national park and the only one dedicated to the story of American steam railroading.

Close to 200,000 people every year flock to the Montage Mountain Ski/Summer Resort. Consistently ranked by Snow Country Magazine as one of the best snowmaking resorts in the Mid-Atlantic Region, Montage Mountain has over 140 acres of terrain and 21 trails and is host to all kinds of skiers each season.

If you like music, you can catch internationally famous music acts, from Matchbox 20 to Aerosmith to Eminem to Alicia Keys, year-round at the 16,000 capacity Coors Light Amphitheater on Montage Mountain.

Lackawanna County also boasts dozens of golf courses, lakes and camping grounds to fit the tastes of even the choosiest outdoor lover.

To learn more about Lackawanna County's many recreational amenities, click here.

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Scranton’s medical infrastructure is strong. Five hospitals are located within Lackawanna County’s borders and the three largest, Community Medical Center, Mercy Hospital and Moses Taylor Hospital, are located within walking distance of each other in Scranton’s Hill Section.

The sprawling campus of Allied Services sits on a Scranton hillside and is one of the nation’s largest rehabilitation complexes. Allied provides specialty care for the disabled and elderly. Allied’s services and programs include, spinal cord and brain injury rehabilitation, toy adaption for disabled children, a pre-school speech and language clinic, wheelchair sports, the DePaul School for Children with Dyslexia, and Alzheimer’s care.

The Northeast Regional Cancer Institute, headquartered on the campus of the University of Scranton, is a cooperative network of six hospitals and provides programs to benefit people living with cancer, caregivers, oncology professionals, and the general public.

Saint Joseph’s Center of Scranton uses a combination of therapies including physical, occupational, speech, music and recreation to help children who are medically fragile and suffer from neurological impairments.

To learn more about Lackawanna County's health care capabilities, click here.

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Residents of Lackawanna County take their education seriously. Besides the top-notch elementary and secondary schools that exist in the area, locals can take advantage of the 15 colleges, universities and technical schools that collectively enroll over 54,000 students within an hour’s drive of Scranton.

There are seven colleges located in Lackawanna County. The University of Scranton, with 5,000 students, claims the county’s highest enrollment.

Colleges and Universities

• Baptist Bible College
• Johnson College
• Keystone College
• Lackawanna College
• Marywood University
• Penn State Worthington Scranton
• University of Scranton

Numerous highly respected and nationally recognized colleges and universities call Northeastern Pennsylvania home. All of these schools work closely with area employers to develop customized job training and continuing education programs.

Click here for detailed information on the higher educational opportunities available throughout the Penn’s Northeast region.

To learn more about Lackawanna County's educational infrastructure, please click here.

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Clearly, one of Lackawanna County’s greatest assets is the quality of its work force. Many have called Scranton’s work ethic the best in the nation and scores of prominent firms list their Lackawanna County locations as being their most productive.

Shortly after opening J.C. Penney’s 15th U.S. Catalog Sales Center here, company Senior Vice President Len Leininger said, “The work ethic here is every bit as good as I thought it would be – even better. We have never had a center produce the numbers that this center is already producing so quickly.”

With above average high school graduation rates and a surprising number of colleges, universities and business schools within its boundaries, Lackawanna County offers a steady flow of quality hourly and professional workers. Major companies here typically receive eight to ten applications for every available job opening

Major Industries
Finance, Insurance and Real Estate
Tourism
Health Services
Plastics
Electronics
Printing & Publishing
Information Technology

Largest Private Employers
AOL/Time Warner
Arlington Industries Inc, Div Plastic Components Inc
AT&T
Casket Shells Inc
Chamberlain Manufacturing Corp, Div Duchossois Inds Inc
CIGNA HealthCare
Compression Polymers
Diversified Information Technologies
Emery Worldwide Inc
Fleet Pennsylvania Services Incorporated
Future Call Telemarketing
General Dynamics
Gentex Corporation
Gertrude Hawk Chocolates
Harcourt Learning Direct
Harper Collins Publishers
JCPenney Catalog Customer Service
Laminations Inc
Lockheed Martin Tactical Defense
Mactac, Div Bemis Co. Inc.
McKinney Products Co
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
Panel Prints Inc
Prudential Financial
Sandvik Steel Inc
Scranton Times Tribune (HQ)
Super Market Services

Job Training and Business Development

There are a number of job training and funding programs available for Lackawanna County. For more information, contact our local industrial development corporation or click here.

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