Laflin, Pennsylvania

Laflin, Pennsylvania
Borough
Municipal Building
Location of Laflin in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
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Coordinates: 41°17′25″N75°47′34″W / 41.29028°N 75.79278°W / 41.29028; -75.79278
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Luzerne
Region	Greater Pittston
Incorporated	1889
Government
• Type	Borough Council
• Mayor	William C. Kennedy
Area [1]
• Total	1.31 sq mi (3.40 km2)
• Land	1.31 sq mi (3.40 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Population  (2020) [2]
• Total	1,451
• Density	1,106.79/sq mi (427.28/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Zip code	18702
Area code	570
FIPS code	42-40848
Website	www.laflinboro.com

Laflin is a borough in the Greater Pittston area of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,443 at the time of the 2020 census. ^[3]

History

Laflin was incorporated as a borough in 1889. It was likely named for one of the owners of the Laflin & Rand Powder Company. ^[4] The following year, in 1890, the population of the newly formed borough was just over two hundred. Coal mining led to a population boom in the region.

Laflin witnessed its greatest increase between 1970 and 1980, when the number of residents grew by over 313% (or from 399 people to 1,650 people).

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.4 square miles (3.5 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1890	231		—
1900	254		10.0%
1910	528		107.9%
1920	473		−10.4%
1930	421		−11.0%
1940	386		−8.3%
1950	258		−33.2%
1960	235		−8.9%
1970	399		69.8%
1980	1,650		313.5%
1990	1,498		−9.2%
2000	1,502		0.3%
2010	1,487		−1.0%
2020	1,443		−3.0%
2021 (est.)	1,446	[3]	0.2%
Sources: [5] [6] [7] [2]

As of the census ^[6] of 2000, there were 1,502 people, 612 households, and 452 families residing in the borough.

The population density was 1,111.0 inhabitants per square mile (429.0/km²). There were 632 housing units at an average density of 467.5 per square mile (180.5/km²).

The racial makeup of the borough was 95.61% White, 0.13% African American, 3.66% Asian, 0.13% from other races, and 0.47% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.60% of the population.

There were 612 households, out of which 26.6% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 62.9% were married couples living together, 9.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.1% were non-families. 24.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.1% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.

The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.90.

In the borough the population was spread out, with 20.5% under the age of eighteen, 4.5% from eighteen to twenty-four, 24.8% from twenty-five to forty-four, 33.4% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 16.8% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was forty-five years.

For every one hundred females there were 88.9 males. For every one hundred females aged eighteen and over, there were 86.9 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $55,658, and the median income for a family was $69,226. Males had a median income of $50,433 compared with that of $29,375 for females.

The per capita income for the borough was $29,581.

Roughly 1.5% of families and 2.5% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 4.0% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 3.9% of those who were aged sixty-five or over.

Government

The government consists of a mayor and a five-member borough council. As of June 2024 ^[update] , the mayor is William C Kennedy, and the members of the Borough Council are Marc Malvizzi (Council President), Joe Boos (Vice President), Drew Malvizzi, Melissa Werner, and Carl Yastremski. ^[8]

Infrastructure

Major highways include Interstate 81 and Route 315.

References

1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
2. "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
3. Bureau, US Census. "City and Town Population Totals: 2020—2021". Census.gov. US Census Bureau. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
4. Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Government Printing Office. pp.  179.
5. "Census of Population and Housing". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
6. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
7. "Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012". Population Estimates. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on June 11, 2013. Retrieved December 11, 2013.
8. "Borough Officials". Laflin Borough official website. Retrieved June 4, 2024.

External links

• Official website