Pennsylvania · Census place 4202720

Apollo, Pennsylvania

Apollo is a borough in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 1,551 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 487th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,551
#487 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-3.3%
-53 people
Land area
0.3 sq mi
+ 0.04 sq mi water
Density
5,003 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Apollo. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Apollo population, 2020 to 2024

Apollo lost 53 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.3%. In the latest year it moved by -12.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,606. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Apollo covers 0.31 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 5,003 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Apollo is denser than the typical town.

What county Apollo is in

All of Apollo's residents live in Armstrong County, which had 63,679 residents in 2024. Apollo holds 2.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Apollo

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Apollo by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 15613. 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 Apollo is

The Census internal point of Apollo is at 40.585000, -79.564700. Harrisburg, the capital, is 142.7 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Vandergrift, PA (4,955 people), 1.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 23.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.585000, -79.564700
DMS
40°35'6.00"N 79°33'52.92"W
UTM
17N 621466.8E 4493679.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
87G2HCPP+24

Daylight in Apollo

At 40.59° N, Apollo 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 Apollo

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is North Apollo, 0.7 miles away, with 1,215 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Apollo, PA?

1,551 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 53 (3.3%) from 1,604 in July 2020.

What county is Apollo in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Apollo?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 15613.

How far is Apollo from Harrisburg?

142.7 miles (229.7 km) in a straight line, heading E from Apollo.

What is the nearest larger city to Apollo?

Vandergrift, PA, with 4,955 residents, 1.1 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.