Pennsylvania · Census place 4281712
Waymart, Pennsylvania
Waymart is a borough in Wayne County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 1,286 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 540th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,286
- #540 of 597 in Pennsylvania
- Change since 2020
- -0.8%
- -10 people
- Land area
- 2.7 sq mi
- + 0.07 sq mi water
- Density
- 478 / sq mi
- State median 3,911
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Waymart population, 2020 to 2024
Waymart lost 10 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.8%. In the latest year it moved by -4.
Waymart covers 2.69 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 478 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Waymart is less dense than the typical town.
What county Waymart is in
All of Waymart's residents live in Wayne County, which had 51,419 residents in 2024. Waymart 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 Waymart
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Waymart by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 18472. 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 Waymart is
The Census internal point of Waymart is at 41.586400, -75.403700. Harrisburg, the capital, is 119.7 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Carbondale, PA (8,805 people), 5.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 68.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 41.586400, -75.403700
- DMS
- 41°35'11.04"N 75°24'13.32"W
- UTM
- 18N 466350.9E 4603935.0N
- Geohash
- dr6ks4sdq
- Plus code
- 87H6HHPW+HG
Daylight in Waymart
At 41.59° N, Waymart gets about 15 h 12 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 10 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 02 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Waymart
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Carbondale, 5.3 miles away, with 8,805 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Waymart, PA?
1,286 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 10 (0.8%) from 1,296 in July 2020.
What county is Waymart in?
Wayne County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Waymart?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 18472.
How far is Waymart from Harrisburg?
119.7 miles (192.6 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Waymart.
What is the nearest larger city to Waymart?
Carbondale, PA, with 8,805 residents, 5.3 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.