Pennsylvania · Census place 4200364

Adamstown, Pennsylvania

Adamstown is a borough in 2 counties of Pennsylvania with an estimated 1,960 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 435th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,960
#435 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
+1.3%
+26 people
Land area
1.4 sq mi
Density
1,420 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Adamstown. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

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Adamstown population, 2020 to 2024

Adamstown added 26 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.3%. In the latest year it moved by -6.

1,93420201,97020211,96420221,96620231,9602024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,928. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Adamstown covers 1.38 square miles of land, for 1,420 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Adamstown is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Adamstown spans

Adamstown crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 1,960 residents as follows; Lancaster County holds 98.8% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Lancaster County1,937
  2. 02Berks County23
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Adamstown

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Adamstown by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 17569, 19501. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a borough that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Adamstown is

The Census internal point of Adamstown is at 40.244500, -76.064700. Harrisburg, the capital, is 43.2 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Denver, PA (3,760 people), 4.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 39.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.244500, -76.064700
DMS
40°14'40.20"N 76°03'52.92"W
UTM
18N 409441.6E 4455438.5N
Geohash
dr1uvn73h
Plus code
87G56WVP+R4

Daylight in Adamstown

At 40.24° N, Adamstown gets about 15 h 03 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 18 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 44 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Adamstown

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Denver, 4.1 miles away, with 3,760 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Adamstown, PA?

1,960 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 26 (1.3%) from 1,934 in July 2020.

What county is Adamstown in?

It spans 2 counties: Lancaster County (1,937 residents), Berks County (23 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Adamstown?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 17569, 19501.

How far is Adamstown from Harrisburg?

43.2 miles (69.6 km) in a straight line, heading W from Adamstown.

What is the nearest larger city to Adamstown?

Denver, PA, with 3,760 residents, 4.1 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.