Louisiana · Census place 2259445

Pearl River, Louisiana

Pearl River is a town in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana with an estimated 2,647 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 99th largest of 155 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,647
#99 of 155 in Louisiana
Change since 2020
+4.2%
+107 people
Land area
3.7 sq mi
+ 0.08 sq mi water
Density
710 / sq mi
State median 1,568
Orange pin: Pearl River. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Baton Rouge.

Pearl River population, 2020 to 2024

Pearl River added 107 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.2%. In the latest year it moved by +13.

2,54020202,59920212,63120222,63420232,6472024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,533. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Pearl River covers 3.73 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 710 people per square mile of land. The median Louisiana place of 5,000+ has 1,568, so Pearl River is less dense than the typical town.

What county Pearl River is in

All of Pearl River's residents live in St. Tammany Parish, which had 277,615 residents in 2024. Pearl River holds 1.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Pearl River

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Pearl River by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 70452. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Pearl River is

The Census internal point of Pearl River is at 30.371400, -89.750400. Baton Rouge, the capital, is 85.8 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Slidell, LA (28,440 people), 6.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is New Orleans, LA, 24.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
30.371400, -89.750400
DMS
30°22'17.04"N 89°45'1.44"W
UTM
16N 235673.6E 3363149.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
862G96CX+HR

Daylight in Pearl River

At 30.37° N, Pearl River gets about 14 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 11 min around the December solstice, a swing of 3 h 55 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Pearl River

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Louisiana, measured between internal points. The closest is Slidell, 6.0 miles away, with 28,440 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Pearl River, LA?

2,647 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 107 (4.2%) from 2,540 in July 2020.

What county is Pearl River in?

St. Tammany Parish. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Pearl River?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 70452.

How far is Pearl River from Baton Rouge?

85.8 miles (138.1 km) in a straight line, heading W from Pearl River.

What is the nearest larger city to Pearl River?

Slidell, LA, with 28,440 residents, 6.0 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.