Altoona, Pennsylvania

Altoona population, 2020 to 2024

Altoona lost 1,158 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.6%. In the latest year it moved by -133. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 157th; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Altoona is 5.1 times that size.

Altoona covers 9.79 square miles of land, for 4,364 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Altoona is denser than the typical town.

What county Altoona is in

All of Altoona's residents live in Blair County, which had 120,269 residents in 2024. Altoona holds 35.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Altoona

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Altoona by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 16601, 16602. 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 Altoona is

The Census internal point of Altoona is at 40.508100, -78.401100. Harrisburg, the capital, is 81.6 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hagerstown, MD (43,909 people), 69.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 82.9 miles away.

Daylight in Altoona

At 40.51° N, Altoona gets about 15 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 17 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 48 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Altoona

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Hollidaysburg, 5.3 miles away, with 5,537 people.