Pennsylvania · Census place 4227744

Freeland, Pennsylvania

Freeland is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 3,863 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 264th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 3,863; #264 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020: +1.0%; +37 people
Land area: 0.7 sq mi
Density: 5,681 / sq mi; State median 3,911

Orange pin: Freeland. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

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Freeland population, 2020 to 2024

Freeland added 37 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +20.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,832. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Freeland covers 0.68 square miles of land, for 5,681 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Freeland is denser than the typical town.

What county Freeland is in

All of Freeland's residents live in Luzerne County, which had 331,379 residents in 2024. Freeland holds 1.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Freeland

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Freeland by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 18224. 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 Freeland is

The Census internal point of Freeland is at 41.021200, -75.896300. Harrisburg, the capital, is 73.6 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hazleton, PA (30,354 people), 6.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 36.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 41.021200, -75.896300
DMS: 41°01'16.32"N 75°53'46.68"W
UTM: 18N 424643.5E 4541497.3N
Geohash: dr612gwjb
Plus code: 87H624C3+FF

Daylight in Freeland

At 41.02° N, Freeland gets about 15 h 08 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 13 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 55 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Freeland

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is White Haven, 6.3 miles away, with 1,197 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Freeland, PA?

3,863 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 37 (1.0%) from 3,826 in July 2020.

What county is Freeland in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Freeland?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 18224.

How far is Freeland from Harrisburg?

73.6 miles (118.5 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Freeland.

What is the nearest larger city to Freeland?

Hazleton, PA, with 30,354 residents, 6.3 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.

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