Pennsylvania · Census place 4268312

Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania

Schuylkill Haven is a borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 5,273 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 179th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,273
#179 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
+0.8%
+40 people
Land area
1.4 sq mi
Density
3,766 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Schuylkill Haven. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Schuylkill Haven population, 2020 to 2024

Schuylkill Haven added 40 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.8%. In the latest year it moved by +12. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 74th; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Schuylkill Haven is 63% of it.

5,23320205,25020215,25020225,26120235,2732024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,237. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Schuylkill Haven covers 1.40 square miles of land, for 3,766 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Schuylkill Haven is close to the typical town.

What county Schuylkill Haven is in

All of Schuylkill Haven's residents live in Schuylkill County, which had 144,523 residents in 2024. Schuylkill Haven holds 3.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Schuylkill Haven

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Schuylkill Haven by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 17972. 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 Schuylkill Haven is

The Census internal point of Schuylkill Haven is at 40.628300, -76.172500. Harrisburg, the capital, is 45.1 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pottsville, PA (13,404 people), 4.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 36.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.628300, -76.172500
DMS
40°37'41.88"N 76°10'21.00"W
UTM
18N 400838.0E 4498156.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
87G5JRHG+8X

Daylight in Schuylkill Haven

At 40.63° N, Schuylkill Haven 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 Schuylkill Haven

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Cressona, 1.1 miles away, with 1,616 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Schuylkill Haven, PA?

5,273 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 40 (0.8%) from 5,233 in July 2020.

What county is Schuylkill Haven in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Schuylkill Haven?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 17972.

How far is Schuylkill Haven from Harrisburg?

45.1 miles (72.6 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Schuylkill Haven.

What is the nearest larger city to Schuylkill Haven?

Pottsville, PA, with 13,404 residents, 4.0 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)

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