Taylor, Pennsylvania

Taylor population, 2020 to 2024

Taylor lost 23 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.4%. In the latest year it moved by +6. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 105th; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Taylor is 75% of it.

Taylor covers 5.20 square miles of land, for 1,202 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Taylor is less dense than the typical town.

What county Taylor is in

All of Taylor's residents live in Lackawanna County, which had 216,859 residents in 2024. Taylor holds 2.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Taylor

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Taylor by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 18517, 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 Taylor is

The Census internal point of Taylor is at 41.395800, -75.714700. Harrisburg, the capital, is 99.3 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Old Forge, PA (8,654 people), 2.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 56.8 miles away.

Daylight in Taylor

At 41.40° N, Taylor 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 Taylor

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Old Forge, 2.2 miles away, with 8,654 people.