Pennsylvania · Census place 4252984

Nescopeck, Pennsylvania

Nescopeck is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 1,512 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 493rd largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,512
#493 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
+2.1%
+31 people
Land area
1.0 sq mi
+ 0.18 sq mi water
Density
1,527 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Nescopeck. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Nescopeck population, 2020 to 2024

Nescopeck added 31 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.1%. In the latest year it moved by +17.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,483. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Nescopeck covers 0.99 square miles of land and 0.18 of water, for 1,527 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Nescopeck is less dense than the typical town.

What county Nescopeck is in

All of Nescopeck's residents live in Luzerne County, which had 331,379 residents in 2024. Nescopeck holds 0.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Nescopeck

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Nescopeck by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 18635. 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 Nescopeck is

The Census internal point of Nescopeck is at 41.053000, -76.212300. Harrisburg, the capital, is 64.9 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Berwick, PA (10,332 people), 2.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 49.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.053000, -76.212300
DMS
41°03'10.80"N 76°12'44.28"W
UTM
18N 398124.4E 4545348.5N
Geohash
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Plus code
87H53Q3Q+63

Daylight in Nescopeck

At 41.05° N, Nescopeck gets about 15 h 08 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 13 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 55 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Nescopeck

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Berwick, 2.0 miles away, with 10,332 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Nescopeck, PA?

1,512 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 31 (2.1%) from 1,481 in July 2020.

What county is Nescopeck in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Nescopeck?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 18635.

How far is Nescopeck from Harrisburg?

64.9 miles (104.4 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Nescopeck.

What is the nearest larger city to Nescopeck?

Berwick, PA, with 10,332 residents, 2.1 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.