Maryland · Census place 2470850

Seat Pleasant, Maryland

Seat Pleasant is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland with an estimated 4,518 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 50th largest of 100 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,518
#50 of 100 in Maryland
Change since 2020
-0.1%
-4 people
Land area
0.8 sq mi
Density
5,578 / sq mi
State median 2,607
Orange pin: Seat Pleasant. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Annapolis.

Seat Pleasant population, 2020 to 2024

Seat Pleasant lost 4 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +46.

4,52220204,47820214,46020224,47220234,5182024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,531. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Seat Pleasant covers 0.81 square miles of land, for 5,578 people per square mile of land. The median Maryland place of 5,000+ has 2,607, so Seat Pleasant is denser than the typical town.

What county Seat Pleasant is in

All of Seat Pleasant's residents live in Prince George's County, which had 966,629 residents in 2024. Seat Pleasant holds 0.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Seat Pleasant

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Seat Pleasant by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 20743. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Seat Pleasant is

The Census internal point of Seat Pleasant is at 38.894700, -76.899500. Annapolis, the capital, is 22.7 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Cheverly, MD (6,125 people), 2.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Washington, DC, 6.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
38.894700, -76.899500
DMS
38°53'40.92"N 76°53'58.20"W
UTM
18N 335269.0E 4306806.3N
Geohash
dqcm60e6p
Plus code
87C5V4V2+V6

Daylight in Seat Pleasant

At 38.89° N, Seat Pleasant gets about 14 h 54 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 26 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 28 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Seat Pleasant

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Maryland, measured between internal points. The closest is Fairmount Heights, 1.0 miles away, with 1,522 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Seat Pleasant, MD?

4,518 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 4 (0.1%) from 4,522 in July 2020.

What county is Seat Pleasant in?

Prince George's County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Seat Pleasant?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 20743.

How far is Seat Pleasant from Annapolis?

22.7 miles (36.6 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Seat Pleasant.

What is the nearest larger city to Seat Pleasant?

Cheverly, MD, with 6,125 residents, 2.3 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.