Pennsylvania · Census place 4202832

Archbald, Pennsylvania

Archbald is a borough in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 7,508 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 113th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
7,508
#113 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
+2.8%
+204 people
Land area
17.1 sq mi
Density
439 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Archbald. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Archbald population, 2020 to 2024

Archbald added 204 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.8%. In the latest year it moved by +35. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 24th; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Archbald is 90% of it.

7,30420207,34220217,41320227,47320237,5082024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 7,303. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Archbald covers 17.09 square miles of land, for 439 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Archbald is less dense than the typical town.

What county Archbald is in

All of Archbald's residents live in Lackawanna County, which had 216,859 residents in 2024. Archbald holds 3.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Archbald

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Archbald by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 18403, 18433. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a borough that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Archbald is

The Census internal point of Archbald is at 41.506400, -75.550500. Harrisburg, the capital, is 110.5 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Carbondale, PA (8,805 people), 5.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 63.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.506400, -75.550500
DMS
41°30'23.04"N 75°33'1.80"W
UTM
18N 454058.2E 4595121.0N
Geohash
dr6k0u1b3
Plus code
87H6GC4X+HR

Daylight in Archbald

At 41.51° N, Archbald gets about 15 h 11 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 10 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 01 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Archbald

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Jermyn, 1.5 miles away, with 2,135 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Archbald, PA?

7,508 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 204 (2.8%) from 7,304 in July 2020.

What county is Archbald in?

Lackawanna County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Archbald?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 18403, 18433.

How far is Archbald from Harrisburg?

110.5 miles (177.9 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Archbald.

What is the nearest larger city to Archbald?

Carbondale, PA, with 8,805 residents, 5.1 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.