Pennsylvania · Census place 4253088
Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania
Nesquehoning is a borough in Carbon County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 3,343 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 288th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,343
- #288 of 597 in Pennsylvania
- Change since 2020
- +0.2%
- +7 people
- Land area
- 21.2 sq mi
- + 0.39 sq mi water
- Density
- 158 / sq mi
- State median 3,911
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Nesquehoning population, 2020 to 2024
Nesquehoning added 7 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.2%. In the latest year it moved by +3.
Nesquehoning covers 21.16 square miles of land and 0.39 of water, for 158 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Nesquehoning is less dense than the typical town.
What county Nesquehoning is in
All of Nesquehoning's residents live in Carbon County, which had 65,743 residents in 2024. Nesquehoning holds 5.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Nesquehoning
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Nesquehoning by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 18240. 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 Nesquehoning is
The Census internal point of Nesquehoning is at 40.878100, -75.822000. Harrisburg, the capital, is 70.0 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Jim Thorpe, PA (4,543 people), 2.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 26.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.878100, -75.822000
- DMS
- 40°52'41.16"N 75°49'19.20"W
- UTM
- 18N 430741.0E 4525550.3N
- Geohash
- dr60d9sh5
- Plus code
- 87G6V5HH+66
Daylight in Nesquehoning
At 40.88° N, Nesquehoning 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 53 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Nesquehoning
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Jim Thorpe, 2.8 miles away, with 4,543 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Nesquehoning, PA?
3,343 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 7 (0.2%) from 3,336 in July 2020.
What county is Nesquehoning in?
Carbon County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Nesquehoning?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 18240.
How far is Nesquehoning from Harrisburg?
70.0 miles (112.7 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Nesquehoning.
What is the nearest larger city to Nesquehoning?
Jim Thorpe, PA, with 4,543 residents, 2.8 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.