Pennsylvania · Census place 4256792

Olyphant, Pennsylvania

Olyphant is a borough in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 5,397 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 174th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,397
#174 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
+0.4%
+24 people
Land area
5.4 sq mi
+ 0.06 sq mi water
Density
992 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Olyphant. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Olyphant population, 2020 to 2024

Olyphant added 24 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.4%. In the latest year it moved by +4. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 94th; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Olyphant is 65% of it.

5,37320205,38920215,38220225,39320235,3972024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,380. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Olyphant covers 5.44 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 992 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Olyphant is less dense than the typical town.

What county Olyphant is in

All of Olyphant's residents live in Lackawanna County, which had 216,859 residents in 2024. Olyphant holds 2.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Olyphant

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Olyphant by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 18447, 18512. 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 Olyphant is

The Census internal point of Olyphant is at 41.451500, -75.575800. Harrisburg, the capital, is 106.8 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Blakely, PA (6,659 people), 2.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 59.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.451500, -75.575800
DMS
41°27'5.40"N 75°34'32.88"W
UTM
18N 451906.2E 4589039.8N
Geohash
dr67b4p2k
Plus code
87H6FC2F+JM

Daylight in Olyphant

At 41.45° N, Olyphant gets about 15 h 11 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 11 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 00 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Olyphant

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Throop, 1.3 miles away, with 4,125 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Olyphant, PA?

5,397 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 24 (0.4%) from 5,373 in July 2020.

What county is Olyphant in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Olyphant?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 18447, 18512.

How far is Olyphant from Harrisburg?

106.8 miles (171.9 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Olyphant.

What is the nearest larger city to Olyphant?

Blakely, PA, with 6,659 residents, 2.7 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.