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Scranton, PA ZIP Codes

13 ZIP codes use the postal name Scranton, Pennsylvania (Census 2020 ZCTAs and GeoNames postal codes, October 2026): 8 residential and 5 for PO boxes or a single organization. Median household income runs from $49,895 in 18508 to $64,708 in 18512, 1.3 times as much (Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024). Scranton's most populous ZIP code is 18504, with 21,069 people (ACS 2020-2024); 55% of its land is in the city of Scranton.

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Where are Scranton's ZIP codes?

18503: $36k median household income18504: $55k median household income18505: $52k median household income18508: $50k median household income18509: $51k median household income18510: $53k median household income18512: $65k median household income18519: $59k median household income185051851218504185081851918509185101850318503: $36k median household income18504: $55k median household income18505: $52k median household income18508: $50k median household income18509: $51k median household income18510: $53k median household income18512: $65k median household income18519: $59k median household income185051851218504185081851918509185101850318503: $36k median household income18504: $55k median household income18505: $52k median household income18508: $50k median household income18509: $51k median household income18510: $53k median household income18512: $65k median household income18519: $59k median household income18505185121850418508185191850918510
The 8 residential ZIP codes named Scranton, shaded by median household income in national fifths (ACS 2020-2024). Select a ZIP to open it. <$54.1k$98.1k+no figure

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA cartographic boundaries; ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013).

How different are Scranton's ZIP codes?

The highest median household income is in 18512 ($64,708), the lowest in 18508 ($49,895). Home values run from $145,400 in 18508 to $183,700 in 18509.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (B19013, B25077, B01003).

All 8 residential ZIP codes of Scranton

Residential ZIP codes with the postal name Scranton, PA, largest first (ACS 2020-2024); sort by any column
County
18504 Lackawanna County 21,069 2,058 $55k $161k
18505 Lackawanna County 20,797 2,358 $52k $157k
18510 Lackawanna County 14,332 7,953 $53k $182k
18509 Lackawanna County 13,055 4,415 $51k $184k
18512 Lackawanna County 12,986 1,151 $65k $176k
18508 Lackawanna County 11,565 1,708 $50k $145k
18519 Lackawanna County 5,266 2,174 $59k $181k
18503 Lackawanna County 1,629 3,437 $36k $267k

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates; 2023 Gazetteer land areas (2020 ZCTAs); town names from simplemaps US ZIP Codes (CC BY 4.0) and GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

PO Box and single-organization ZIP codes in Scranton

5 ZIP codes named Scranton have no residential delivery area: post office boxes, or one organization (a large employer, an agency, a university) with its own code. The Census Bureau publishes no figures for them.

Scranton, PA: ZIP codes without a residential area, for PO boxes or one organization (GeoNames postal codes; USPS does not publish openly which is which)
ZIPCounty
18501Lackawanna County
18502Lackawanna County
18515Lackawanna County
18540Lackawanna County
18577Lackawanna County

Source: GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0); a ZIP code with no Census ZCTA has no residential delivery area.

Which counties do Scranton's ZIP codes reach?

Scranton's residential ZIP codes lie in Lackawanna County.

Which places do Scranton's ZIP codes cover?

A postal name is not a city limit. By the Census Bureau's places, Scranton's residential ZIP codes cover Scranton itself and 4 other places, each listed with the ZIP codes that have at least 5% of their land in it or hold most of the place:

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file (shares of land).

Which first three digits do Scranton's ZIP codes use?

The first three digits of a ZIP code name the sectional center, the mail processing plant that sorts it. Every ZIP code of Scranton starts with 185.

Three-digit prefixes of Scranton's ZIP codes, the sectional center for each (USPS labeling list L005, effective October 1, 2026) and how many of the prefix's codes are Scranton's
PrefixSectional centerHereAll codes
185 Scranton, PA (SCF 184) 13 16

Source: U.S. Postal Service, labeling list L005 (3-digit ZIP Code prefix groups, SCF sortation), effective October 1, 2026.