Pennsylvania · Census place 4241464
Lansford, Pennsylvania
Lansford is a borough in Carbon County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 4,143 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 244th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,143
- #244 of 597 in Pennsylvania
- Change since 2020
- +0.1%
- +5 people
- Land area
- 1.5 sq mi
- Density
- 2,690 / sq mi
- State median 3,911
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Lansford population, 2020 to 2024
Lansford added 5 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +2.
Lansford covers 1.54 square miles of land, for 2,690 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Lansford is less dense than the typical town.
What county Lansford is in
All of Lansford's residents live in Carbon County, which had 65,743 residents in 2024. Lansford holds 6.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Lansford
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lansford by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 18232. 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 Lansford is
The Census internal point of Lansford is at 40.833000, -75.884400. Harrisburg, the capital, is 65.6 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Tamaqua, PA (6,944 people), 3.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 27.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.833000, -75.884400
- DMS
- 40°49'58.80"N 75°53'3.84"W
- UTM
- 18N 425432.8E 4520595.1N
- Geohash
- dr6031qtm
- Plus code
- 87G6R4M8+66
Daylight in Lansford
At 40.83° N, Lansford 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 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Lansford
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Coaldale, 1.9 miles away, with 2,435 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Lansford, PA?
4,143 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 5 (0.1%) from 4,138 in July 2020.
What county is Lansford in?
Carbon County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Lansford?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 18232.
How far is Lansford from Harrisburg?
65.6 miles (105.5 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Lansford.
What is the nearest larger city to Lansford?
Tamaqua, PA, with 6,944 residents, 3.0 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.