Pennsylvania · Census place 4233200

Hawley, Pennsylvania

Hawley is a borough in Wayne County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 1,218 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 553rd largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,218
#553 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-0.7%
-9 people
Land area
0.6 sq mi
+ 0.04 sq mi water
Density
2,100 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Hawley. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Hawley population, 2020 to 2024

Hawley lost 9 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.7%. In the latest year it moved by -4.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,228. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Hawley covers 0.58 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 2,100 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Hawley is less dense than the typical town.

What county Hawley is in

All of Hawley's residents live in Wayne County, which had 51,419 residents in 2024. Hawley holds 2.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Hawley

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hawley by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 18428. 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 Hawley is

The Census internal point of Hawley is at 41.475900, -75.176000. Harrisburg, the capital, is 122.4 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Honesdale, PA (4,441 people), 7.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 62.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.475900, -75.176000
DMS
41°28'33.24"N 75°10'33.60"W
UTM
18N 485305.1E 4591603.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
87H6FRGF+9J

Daylight in Hawley

At 41.48° N, Hawley 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 Hawley

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Honesdale, 7.9 miles away, with 4,441 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Hawley, PA?

1,218 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 9 (0.7%) from 1,227 in July 2020.

What county is Hawley in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Hawley?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 18428.

How far is Hawley from Harrisburg?

122.4 miles (196.9 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Hawley.

What is the nearest larger city to Hawley?

Honesdale, PA, with 4,441 residents, 7.9 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.