Bellefonte, Pennsylvania

Bellefonte population, 2020 to 2024

Bellefonte lost 74 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.2%. In the latest year it moved by -8. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 119th; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Bellefonte is 72% of it.

Bellefonte covers 1.84 square miles of land, for 3,253 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Bellefonte is less dense than the typical town.

What county Bellefonte is in

All of Bellefonte's residents live in Centre County, which had 159,805 residents in 2024. Bellefonte holds 3.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Bellefonte

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Bellefonte by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 16823. 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 Bellefonte is

The Census internal point of Bellefonte is at 40.914200, -77.768200. Harrisburg, the capital, is 64.6 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is State College, PA (41,228 people), 9.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 120.2 miles away.

Daylight in Bellefonte

At 40.91° N, Bellefonte gets about 15 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 14 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 53 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Bellefonte

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Milesburg, 2.3 miles away, with 1,077 people.