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Wilkes Barre, PA ZIP Codes

14 ZIP codes use the postal name Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania (Census 2020 ZCTAs and GeoNames postal codes, October 2026): 4 residential and 10 for PO boxes or a single organization. Median household income runs from $33,329 in 18701 to $59,344 in 18705, 1.8 times as much (Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024). Wilkes Barre's most populous ZIP code is 18702, with 41,970 people (ACS 2020-2024); 0% of its land is in the city of Wilkes Barre.

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  • Census2020
  • GeoNames2026

Where are Wilkes Barre's ZIP codes?

18701: $33k median household income18702: $56k median household income18705: $59k median household income18706: $59k median household income1870218706187051870118701: $33k median household income18702: $56k median household income18705: $59k median household income18706: $59k median household income1870218706187051870118701: $33k median household income18702: $56k median household income18705: $59k median household income18706: $59k median household income187021870618705
The 4 residential ZIP codes named Wilkes Barre, 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 Wilkes Barre's ZIP codes?

The highest median household income is in 18705 ($59,344), the lowest in 18701 ($33,329). Home values run from $131,900 in 18702 to $140,700 in 18705.

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

All 4 residential ZIP codes of Wilkes Barre

Residential ZIP codes with the postal name Wilkes Barre, PA, largest first (ACS 2020-2024); sort by any column
County
18702 Luzerne County 41,970 537 $56k $132k
18706 Luzerne County 16,387 624 $59k $138k
18705 Luzerne County 15,624 3,153 $59k $141k
18701 Luzerne County 4,294 8,554 $33k $204k

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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 Wilkes Barre

10 ZIP codes named Wilkes Barre 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.

Wilkes Barre, 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
18703Luzerne County
18710Luzerne County
18711Luzerne County
18762Luzerne County
18764Luzerne County
18765Luzerne County
18766Luzerne County
18767Luzerne County
18769Luzerne County
18773Luzerne County

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

Which counties do Wilkes Barre's ZIP codes reach?

Wilkes Barre's residential ZIP codes lie in Luzerne County.

Which places do Wilkes Barre's ZIP codes cover?

A postal name is not a city limit. By the Census Bureau's places, Wilkes Barre's residential ZIP codes cover 10 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 Wilkes Barre'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 Wilkes Barre starts with 187.

Three-digit prefixes of Wilkes Barre'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 Wilkes Barre's
PrefixSectional centerHereAll codes
187 Scranton, PA (SCF 184) 14 18

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