Dickson City, Pennsylvania

Dickson City population, 2020 to 2024

Dickson City lost 12 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.2%. In the latest year it moved by +0. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 102nd; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Dickson City is 72% of it.

Dickson City covers 4.80 square miles of land, for 1,252 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Dickson City is less dense than the typical town.

What county Dickson City is in

All of Dickson City's residents live in Lackawanna County, which had 216,859 residents in 2024. Dickson City holds 2.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Dickson City

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Dickson City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 18508, 18519. 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 Dickson City is

The Census internal point of Dickson City is at 41.468300, -75.635800. Harrisburg, the capital, is 105.7 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Blakely, PA (6,659 people), 2.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 61.0 miles away.

Daylight in Dickson City

At 41.47° N, Dickson City 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 00 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Dickson City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Blakely, 2.2 miles away, with 6,659 people.