Pennsylvania · Census place 4235520

Honesdale, Pennsylvania

Honesdale is a borough in Wayne County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 4,441 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 222nd largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,441
#222 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-0.6%
-25 people
Land area
3.9 sq mi
+ 0.14 sq mi water
Density
1,145 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Honesdale. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

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Honesdale population, 2020 to 2024

Honesdale lost 25 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.6%. In the latest year it moved by -11.

4,46620204,48720214,47020224,45220234,4412024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,460. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Honesdale covers 3.88 square miles of land and 0.14 of water, for 1,145 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Honesdale is less dense than the typical town.

What county Honesdale is in

All of Honesdale's residents live in Wayne County, which had 51,419 residents in 2024. Honesdale holds 8.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Honesdale

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Honesdale by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 18431. 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 Honesdale is

The Census internal point of Honesdale is at 41.575700, -75.250800. Harrisburg, the capital, is 124.4 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Carbondale, PA (8,805 people), 13.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 68.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.575700, -75.250800
DMS
41°34'32.52"N 75°15'2.88"W
UTM
18N 479091.9E 4602698.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
87H6HPGX+7M

Daylight in Honesdale

At 41.58° N, Honesdale gets about 15 h 12 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 10 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 02 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Honesdale

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Hawley, 7.9 miles away, with 1,218 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Honesdale, PA?

4,441 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 25 (0.6%) from 4,466 in July 2020.

What county is Honesdale in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Honesdale?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 18431.

How far is Honesdale from Harrisburg?

124.4 miles (200.3 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Honesdale.

What is the nearest larger city to Honesdale?

Carbondale, PA, with 8,805 residents, 13.1 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.