Pennsylvania · Census place 4206928

Blakely, Pennsylvania

Blakely is a borough in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 6,659 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 130th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,659
#130 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
+0.2%
+11 people
Land area
3.8 sq mi
Density
1,748 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Blakely. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Blakely population, 2020 to 2024

Blakely added 11 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.2%. In the latest year it moved by +1. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 98th; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Blakely is 80% of it.

6,64820206,67020216,65020226,65820236,6592024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,659. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Blakely covers 3.81 square miles of land, for 1,748 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Blakely is less dense than the typical town.

What county Blakely is in

All of Blakely's residents live in Lackawanna County, which had 216,859 residents in 2024. Blakely holds 3.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Blakely

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Blakely by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 18447, 18452. 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 Blakely is

The Census internal point of Blakely is at 41.485900, -75.601300. Harrisburg, the capital, is 107.8 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Archbald, PA (7,508 people), 3.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 62.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.485900, -75.601300
DMS
41°29'9.24"N 75°36'4.68"W
UTM
18N 449802.8E 4592873.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
87H6F9PX+9F

Daylight in Blakely

At 41.49° N, Blakely 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 Blakely

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Dickson City, 2.2 miles away, with 6,010 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Blakely, PA?

6,659 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 11 (0.2%) from 6,648 in July 2020.

What county is Blakely in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Blakely?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 18447, 18452.

How far is Blakely from Harrisburg?

107.8 miles (173.5 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Blakely.

What is the nearest larger city to Blakely?

Archbald, PA, with 7,508 residents, 3.0 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.