West Hazleton, Pennsylvania

West Hazleton population, 2020 to 2024

West Hazleton added 62 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.2%. In the latest year it moved by +38. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 54th; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so West Hazleton is 63% of it.

West Hazleton covers 1.58 square miles of land, for 3,311 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so West Hazleton is less dense than the typical town.

What county West Hazleton is in

All of West Hazleton's residents live in Luzerne County, which had 331,379 residents in 2024. West Hazleton holds 1.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in West Hazleton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps West Hazleton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 18202. 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 West Hazleton is

The Census internal point of West Hazleton is at 40.974300, -76.025400. Harrisburg, the capital, is 66.6 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hazleton, PA (30,354 people), 3.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 38.9 miles away.

Daylight in West Hazleton

At 40.97° N, West Hazleton gets about 15 h 08 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 14 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 54 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near West Hazleton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Conyngham, 2.1 miles away, with 1,837 people.