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Luzerne County, PA ZIP Codes

Luzerne County, Pennsylvania has 67 ZIP codes (Census 2020 ZCTA-county file; GeoNames postal codes, October 2026): 51 residential and 16 for PO boxes or a single organization. 41 of the residential ones lie mainly in Luzerne County and 10 mainly in a neighboring county; 19 cross the county line. Median household income ranges from $33,329 in 18701 (Wilkes Barre) to $109,567 in 18707 (Mountain Top) (Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024).

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

How different are its ZIP codes?

18701 · $33k 18707 · $110k

The middle half of its ranked ZIP codes (1,000+ people living in households) report median household incomes between $60,352 and $75,057.

They carry 45 postal town names.

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

All 51 residential ZIP codes in Luzerne County

41 ZIP codes lie mainly in Luzerne County; 10 more reach into it from a neighboring county and follow the first table.

Residential ZIP codes mainly in Luzerne County, largest first; "In this county" is the share of the ZIP's land in the county
						In this county
18702	Wilkes Barre	41,970	537	$56k	$132k	100%
18201	Hazleton	32,067	1,836	$48k	$153k	98%
18704	Kingston	31,149	3,079	$64k	$162k	100%
18612	Dallas	17,739	325	$94k	$259k	89%
18707	Mountain Top	16,689	327	$110k	$301k	100%
18640	Pittston	16,581	594	$61k	$148k	100%
18706	Wilkes Barre	16,387	624	$59k	$138k	100%
18705	Wilkes Barre	15,624	3,153	$59k	$141k	100%
18634	Nanticoke	13,785	963	$61k	$112k	100%
18202	Hazleton	13,755	393	$55k	$212k	89%
18643	Pittston	12,848	703	$63k	$175k	100%
18222	Drums	9,789	265	$109k	$241k	100%
18708	Shavertown	8,867	554	$99k	$265k	100%
18651	Plymouth	8,703	722	$42k	$98k	100%
18644	Wyoming	7,552	479	$70k	$179k	100%
18641	Pittston	6,305	1,387	$76k	$152k	80%
18224	Freeland	6,031	423	$70k	$130k	100%
18655	Shickshinny	6,018	84	$73k	$191k	90%
18661	White Haven	5,759	48	$75k	$196k	67%
18621	Hunlock Creek	4,744	106	$72k	$186k	100%
18642	Duryea	4,530	845	$61k	$159k	100%
18701	Wilkes Barre	4,294	8,554	$33k	$204k	100%
18249	Sugarloaf	4,191	127	$98k	$298k	100%
18635	Nescopeck	3,734	99	$74k	$196k	60%
18618	Harveys Lake	3,570	168	$84k	$244k	61%
18660	Wapwallopen	3,137	68	$81k	$207k	100%
18709	Luzerne	2,910	3,829	$42k	$114k	100%
18656	Sweet Valley	2,066	35	$77k	$233k	100%
18617	Glen Lyon	1,791	308	$53k	$83k	100%
18219	Conyngham	1,047	1,296	$53k	$236k	100%
18602	Bear Creek	628	331	$161k	$413k	100%
18234	Lattimer Mines	616	2,435	$31k	$233k	100%
18221	Drifton	436	204	$71k	$204k	100%
18622	Huntington Mills	252	74	$64k	$196k	100%
18241	Nuremberg	249	236	$84k	$95k	97%
18256	Weston	185	474	$58k	$155k	100%
18246	Rock Glen	84	39	$112k	$167k	100%
18223	Ebervale	no residents	0	–	–	100%
18225	Harleigh	no residents	0	–	–	100%
18239	Milnesville	no residents	0	–	–	100%
18627	Lehman	no residents	0	–	–	100%

Partly in Luzerne County

Residential ZIP codes mainly in another county that reach at least 1% into Luzerne County, by their share here
						In this county
18603	Berwick	18,827	353	$60k	$171k	42%
17878	Stillwater	1,488	68	$68k	$214k	29%
18216	Beaver Meadows	957	128	$49k	$133k	27%
17814	Benton	4,669	37	$65k	$225k	17%
18636	Noxen	1,610	43	$57k	$180k	12%
18255	Weatherly	4,223	58	$69k	$190k	11%
18615	Falls	1,646	93	$76k	$229k	7%
18610	Blakeslee	5,079	153	$68k	$239k	4%
17815	Bloomsburg	29,790	237	$68k	$223k	2%
18424	Gouldsboro	5,213	64	$61k	$196k	2%

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates; county shares by land area (Census 2020 ZCTA-county relationship file).

Which ZIP codes cross the county line?

19 ZIP codes of Luzerne County extend into another county. A ZIP code follows mail routes, not county borders.

Share of each ZIP code's land in Luzerne County and in the neighboring counties
ZIP	In Luzerne	Elsewhere
18201	98%	Carbon County 2%
17815	2%	Columbia County 97%
18603	42%	Columbia County 58%
18612	89%	Wyoming County 11%
18202	89%	Schuylkill County 11%
18641	80%	Lackawanna County 20%
18655	90%	Columbia County 10%
18661	67%	Carbon County 33%
18424	2%	Lackawanna County 69%; Wayne County 19%; Monroe County 10%
18610	4%	Monroe County 96%
17814	17%	Columbia County 56%; Sullivan County 25%; Lycoming County 2%
18255	11%	Carbon County 89%
18635	60%	Columbia County 40%
18618	61%	Wyoming County 39%
18615	7%	Wyoming County 93%
18636	12%	Wyoming County 88%
17878	29%	Columbia County 71%
18216	27%	Carbon County 73%
18241	97%	Schuylkill County 3%

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

PO Box and single-organization ZIP codes

ZIP codes in Luzerne County without a residential area (GeoNames postal codes)
ZIP	Postal name
18247	Saint Johns
18251	Sybertsville
18601	Beach Haven
18611	Cambra
18654	Shawanese
18690	Dallas
18703	Wilkes Barre
18710	Wilkes Barre
18711	Wilkes Barre
18762	Wilkes Barre
18764	Wilkes Barre
18765	Wilkes Barre
18766	Wilkes Barre
18767	Wilkes Barre
18769	Wilkes Barre
18773	Wilkes Barre

Source: GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).

Which first three digits do Luzerne County's ZIP codes use?

The first three digits of a ZIP code name the sectional center, the mail processing plant that sorts it. Luzerne County's ZIP codes use 5 prefixes: 178, 182, 184, 186 and 187.

Three-digit prefixes of Luzerne County'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 Luzerne County's
Prefix	Sectional center	Here	All codes
178	Harrisburg, PA (SCF 170)	3	60
182	Lehigh Valley, PA (SCF 180)	18	38
184	Scranton, PA (SCF 184)	1	57
186	Scranton, PA (SCF 184)	27	41
187	Scranton, PA (SCF 184)	18	18

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

Where are the ZIP codes of Luzerne County?