Scranton, Pennsylvania

Scranton population, 2020 to 2024

Scranton lost 275 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.4%. In the latest year it moved by -35. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 104th; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Scranton is 9.1 times that size.

Scranton covers 25.31 square miles of land and 0.23 of water, for 2,999 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Scranton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Scranton is in

All of Scranton's residents live in Lackawanna County, which had 216,859 residents in 2024. Scranton holds 35.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Scranton

7 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Scranton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 18503, 18504, 18505, 18507, 18508, 18509, 18510. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Scranton is

The Census internal point of Scranton is at 41.404200, -75.665900. Harrisburg, the capital, is 101.3 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bethlehem, PA (79,453 people), 55.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 56.9 miles away.

Daylight in Scranton

At 41.40° N, Scranton gets about 15 h 10 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 Scranton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Taylor, 2.6 miles away, with 6,252 people.