Pennsylvania · Census place 4245592

Lykens, Pennsylvania

Lykens is a borough in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 1,874 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 441st largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 1,874; #441 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020: +0.2%; +4 people
Land area: 1.2 sq mi
Density: 1,536 / sq mi; State median 3,911

Orange pin: Lykens. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

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Lykens population, 2020 to 2024

Lykens added 4 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.2%. In the latest year it moved by +7.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,870. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Lykens covers 1.22 square miles of land, for 1,536 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Lykens is less dense than the typical town.

What county Lykens is in

All of Lykens's residents live in Dauphin County, which had 293,029 residents in 2024. Lykens holds 0.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lykens

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lykens by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 17048. 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 Lykens is

The Census internal point of Lykens is at 40.564100, -76.698400. Harrisburg, the capital, is 22.9 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Millersburg, PA (2,546 people), 13.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 64.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 40.564100, -76.698400
DMS: 40°33'50.76"N 76°41'54.24"W
UTM: 18N 356221.8E 4491755.9N
Geohash: dr1qy8mzj
Plus code: 87G5H872+JJ

Daylight in Lykens

At 40.56° N, Lykens gets about 15 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 16 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 49 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Lykens

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Williamstown, 4.4 miles away, with 1,301 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Lykens, PA?

1,874 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 4 (0.2%) from 1,870 in July 2020.

What county is Lykens in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Lykens?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 17048.

How far is Lykens from Harrisburg?

22.9 miles (36.9 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Lykens.

What is the nearest larger city to Lykens?

Millersburg, PA, with 2,546 residents, 13.4 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.