Pennsylvania · Census place 4220512

Duryea, Pennsylvania

Duryea is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 5,142 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 187th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,142
#187 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
+2.1%
+107 people
Land area
5.5 sq mi
+ 0.19 sq mi water
Density
930 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Duryea. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Duryea population, 2020 to 2024

Duryea added 107 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.1%. In the latest year it moved by +37. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 30th; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Duryea is 61% of it.

5,03520205,06420215,07520225,10520235,1422024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,043. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Duryea covers 5.53 square miles of land and 0.19 of water, for 930 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Duryea is less dense than the typical town.

What county Duryea is in

All of Duryea's residents live in Luzerne County, which had 331,379 residents in 2024. Duryea holds 1.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Duryea

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Duryea by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 18642. 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 Duryea is

The Census internal point of Duryea is at 41.351300, -75.776100. Harrisburg, the capital, is 94.9 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pittston, PA (7,743 people), 1.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 54.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.351300, -75.776100
DMS
41°21'4.68"N 75°46'33.96"W
UTM
18N 435076.3E 4578046.4N
Geohash
dr655xv8b
Plus code
87H6962F+GH

Daylight in Duryea

At 41.35° N, Duryea gets about 15 h 10 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 11 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 59 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Duryea

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Hughestown, 1.6 miles away, with 1,357 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Duryea, PA?

5,142 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 107 (2.1%) from 5,035 in July 2020.

What county is Duryea in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Duryea?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 18642.

How far is Duryea from Harrisburg?

94.9 miles (152.7 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Duryea.

What is the nearest larger city to Duryea?

Pittston, PA, with 7,743 residents, 1.7 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.