Old Forge, Pennsylvania

Old Forge population, 2020 to 2024

Old Forge added 172 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.0%. In the latest year it moved by +39. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 32nd; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Old Forge is 1.0 times that size.

Old Forge covers 3.43 square miles of land, for 2,523 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Old Forge is less dense than the typical town.

What county Old Forge is in

All of Old Forge's residents live in Lackawanna County, which had 216,859 residents in 2024. Old Forge holds 4.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Old Forge

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Old Forge by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 18518. 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 Old Forge is

The Census internal point of Old Forge is at 41.370400, -75.740900. Harrisburg, the capital, is 97.0 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Scranton, PA (75,905 people), 4.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 55.4 miles away.

Daylight in Old Forge

At 41.37° N, Old Forge gets about 15 h 10 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 11 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 59 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Old Forge

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Moosic, 2.1 miles away, with 6,018 people.