Pennsylvania · Census place 4202264

Ambler, Pennsylvania

Ambler is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 6,900 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 121st largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,900
#121 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
+1.3%
+91 people
Land area
0.9 sq mi
Density
8,118 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Ambler. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Ambler population, 2020 to 2024

Ambler added 91 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.3%. In the latest year it moved by +33. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 50th; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Ambler is 82% of it.

6,80920206,83020216,83520226,86720236,9002024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,809. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Ambler covers 0.85 square miles of land, for 8,118 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Ambler is denser than the typical town.

What county Ambler is in

All of Ambler's residents live in Montgomery County, which had 879,190 residents in 2024. Ambler holds 0.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Ambler

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ambler by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 19002. 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 Ambler is

The Census internal point of Ambler is at 40.156400, -75.221500. Harrisburg, the capital, is 88.0 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hatboro, PA (8,341 people), 6.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Philadelphia, PA, 11.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.156400, -75.221500
DMS
40°09'23.04"N 75°13'17.40"W
UTM
18N 481136.0E 4445139.8N
Geohash
dr4s2q1ru
Plus code
87G65Q4H+HC

Daylight in Ambler

At 40.16° N, Ambler gets about 15 h 02 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 19 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 43 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Ambler

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is North Wales, 4.7 miles away, with 3,450 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Ambler, PA?

6,900 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 91 (1.3%) from 6,809 in July 2020.

What county is Ambler in?

Montgomery County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Ambler?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 19002.

How far is Ambler from Harrisburg?

88.0 miles (141.7 km) in a straight line, heading W from Ambler.

What is the nearest larger city to Ambler?

Hatboro, PA, with 8,341 residents, 6.3 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.