Pennsylvania · Census place 4240848
Laflin, Pennsylvania
Laflin is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 1,467 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 506th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,467
- #506 of 597 in Pennsylvania
- Change since 2020
- +2.1%
- +30 people
- Land area
- 1.3 sq mi
- Density
- 1,120 / sq mi
- State median 3,911
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Laflin population, 2020 to 2024
Laflin added 30 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.1%. In the latest year it moved by +12.
Laflin covers 1.31 square miles of land, for 1,120 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Laflin is less dense than the typical town.
What county Laflin is in
All of Laflin's residents live in Luzerne County, which had 331,379 residents in 2024. Laflin holds 0.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Laflin
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Laflin by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 18702. 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 Laflin is
The Census internal point of Laflin is at 41.289800, -75.794400. Harrisburg, the capital, is 91.0 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pittston, PA (7,743 people), 2.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 50.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 41.289800, -75.794400
- DMS
- 41°17'23.28"N 75°47'39.84"W
- UTM
- 18N 433483.0E 4571232.7N
- Geohash
- dr64gk84w
- Plus code
- 87H676Q4+W6
Daylight in Laflin
At 41.29° N, Laflin gets about 15 h 10 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 12 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 58 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Laflin
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Pittston, 2.7 miles away, with 7,743 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Laflin, PA?
1,467 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 30 (2.1%) from 1,437 in July 2020.
What county is Laflin in?
Luzerne County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Laflin?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 18702.
How far is Laflin from Harrisburg?
91.0 miles (146.4 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Laflin.
What is the nearest larger city to Laflin?
Pittston, PA, with 7,743 residents, 2.7 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.