Hazleton, Pennsylvania

Hazleton population, 2020 to 2024

Hazleton added 438 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.5%. In the latest year it moved by +173. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 45th; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Hazleton is 3.6 times that size.

Hazleton covers 5.97 square miles of land, for 5,084 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Hazleton is denser than the typical town.

What county Hazleton is in

All of Hazleton's residents live in Luzerne County, which had 331,379 residents in 2024. Hazleton holds 9.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Hazleton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hazleton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 18201. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Hazleton is

The Census internal point of Hazleton is at 40.950500, -75.972500. Harrisburg, the capital, is 67.3 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Wilkes-Barre, PA (44,661 people), 21.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 35.7 miles away.

Daylight in Hazleton

At 40.95° N, Hazleton gets about 15 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 14 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 54 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Hazleton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is West Hazleton, 3.2 miles away, with 5,231 people.