Pennsylvania · Census place 4202288

Ambridge, Pennsylvania

Ambridge is a borough in Beaver County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 6,886 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 122nd largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,886
#122 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-0.9%
-65 people
Land area
1.5 sq mi
+ 0.21 sq mi water
Density
4,621 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Ambridge. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Ambridge population, 2020 to 2024

Ambridge lost 65 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.9%. In the latest year it moved by +14. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 112th; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Ambridge is 82% of it.

6,95120206,89520216,82620226,87220236,8862024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,970. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Ambridge covers 1.49 square miles of land and 0.21 of water, for 4,621 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Ambridge is denser than the typical town.

What county Ambridge is in

All of Ambridge's residents live in Beaver County, which had 165,540 residents in 2024. Ambridge holds 4.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Ambridge

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ambridge by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 15003. 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 Ambridge is

The Census internal point of Ambridge is at 40.591600, -80.226900. Harrisburg, the capital, is 177.3 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Aliquippa, PA (9,003 people), 2.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 16.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.591600, -80.226900
DMS
40°35'29.76"N 80°13'36.84"W
UTM
17N 565418.9E 4493709.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
86GXHQRF+J6

Daylight in Ambridge

At 40.59° N, Ambridge gets about 15 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 16 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 49 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Ambridge

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Leetsdale, 2.0 miles away, with 1,119 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Ambridge, PA?

6,886 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 65 (0.9%) from 6,951 in July 2020.

What county is Ambridge in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Ambridge?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 15003.

How far is Ambridge from Harrisburg?

177.3 miles (285.3 km) in a straight line, heading E from Ambridge.

What is the nearest larger city to Ambridge?

Aliquippa, PA, with 9,003 residents, 2.2 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.