Pennsylvania · Census place 4284552

White Haven, Pennsylvania

White Haven is a borough in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 1,197 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 559th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,197
#559 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
+3.1%
+36 people
Land area
1.2 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
998 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: White Haven. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

White Haven population, 2020 to 2024

White Haven added 36 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.1%. In the latest year it moved by +14.

1,16120201,16620211,17420221,18320231,1972024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,163. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

White Haven covers 1.20 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 998 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so White Haven is less dense than the typical town.

What county White Haven is in

All of White Haven's residents live in Luzerne County, which had 331,379 residents in 2024. White Haven holds 0.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in White Haven

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps White Haven by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 18661. 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 White Haven is

The Census internal point of White Haven is at 41.059700, -75.786900. Harrisburg, the capital, is 79.6 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Freeland, PA (3,863 people), 6.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 36.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.059700, -75.786900
DMS
41°03'34.92"N 75°47'12.84"W
UTM
18N 433880.0E 4545682.6N
Geohash
dr61e6twj
Plus code
87H63657+V6

Daylight in White Haven

At 41.06° N, White Haven gets about 15 h 08 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 13 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 55 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near White Haven

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Freeland, 6.3 miles away, with 3,863 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of White Haven, PA?

1,197 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 36 (3.1%) from 1,161 in July 2020.

What county is White Haven in?

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

What ZIP codes cover White Haven?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 18661.

How far is White Haven from Harrisburg?

79.6 miles (128.0 km) in a straight line, heading SW from White Haven.

What is the nearest larger city to White Haven?

Freeland, PA, with 3,863 residents, 6.3 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.