Pennsylvania · Census place 4205776

Berlin, Pennsylvania

Berlin is a borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 1,947 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 436th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,947
#436 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-2.5%
-50 people
Land area
0.9 sq mi
Density
2,116 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Berlin. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Berlin population, 2020 to 2024

Berlin lost 50 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.5%. In the latest year it moved by -12.

1,99720201,98720211,97420221,95920231,9472024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,999. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Berlin covers 0.92 square miles of land, for 2,116 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Berlin is less dense than the typical town.

What county Berlin is in

All of Berlin's residents live in Somerset County, which had 72,134 residents in 2024. Berlin holds 2.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Berlin

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Berlin by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 15530. 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 Berlin is

The Census internal point of Berlin is at 39.921500, -78.950900. Harrisburg, the capital, is 111.8 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Meyersdale, PA (2,007 people), 8.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 64.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.921500, -78.950900
DMS
39°55'17.40"N 78°57'3.24"W
UTM
17N 675117.4E 4421054.6N
Geohash
dppg57mxw
Plus code
87F3W2CX+JJ

Daylight in Berlin

At 39.92° N, Berlin gets about 15 h 00 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 20 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 40 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Berlin

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Meyersdale, 8.5 miles away, with 2,007 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Berlin, PA?

1,947 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 50 (2.5%) from 1,997 in July 2020.

What county is Berlin in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Berlin?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 15530.

How far is Berlin from Harrisburg?

111.8 miles (179.9 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Berlin.

What is the nearest larger city to Berlin?

Meyersdale, PA, with 2,007 residents, 8.5 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.