Pennsylvania · Census place 4275832

Swoyersville, Pennsylvania

Swoyersville is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 5,092 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 190th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,092
#190 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
+1.7%
+84 people
Land area
2.2 sq mi
Density
2,357 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Swoyersville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Swoyersville population, 2020 to 2024

Swoyersville added 84 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.7%. In the latest year it moved by +38. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 39th; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Swoyersville is 61% of it.

5,00820205,02420215,02820225,05420235,0922024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,016. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Swoyersville covers 2.16 square miles of land, for 2,357 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Swoyersville is less dense than the typical town.

What county Swoyersville is in

All of Swoyersville's residents live in Luzerne County, which had 331,379 residents in 2024. Swoyersville holds 1.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Swoyersville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Swoyersville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 18704. 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 Swoyersville is

The Census internal point of Swoyersville is at 41.297700, -75.879900. Harrisburg, the capital, is 88.7 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Kingston, PA (13,476 people), 2.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 52.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.297700, -75.879900
DMS
41°17'51.72"N 75°52'47.64"W
UTM
18N 426332.6E 4572178.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
87H674XC+32

Daylight in Swoyersville

At 41.30° N, Swoyersville gets about 15 h 10 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 12 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 58 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Swoyersville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Luzerne, 1.2 miles away, with 2,752 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Swoyersville, PA?

5,092 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 84 (1.7%) from 5,008 in July 2020.

What county is Swoyersville in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Swoyersville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 18704.

How far is Swoyersville from Harrisburg?

88.7 miles (142.7 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Swoyersville.

What is the nearest larger city to Swoyersville?

Kingston, PA, with 13,476 residents, 2.3 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.