Pennsylvania · Census place 4205888

Berwick, Pennsylvania

Berwick is a borough in Columbia County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 10,332 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 67th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
10,332
#67 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-0.0%
-1 people
Land area
3.1 sq mi
+ 0.18 sq mi water
Density
3,365 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Berwick. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Berwick population, 2020 to 2024

Berwick lost 1 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.0%. In the latest year it moved by +16. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 100th; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Berwick is 1.2 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 10,345. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Berwick covers 3.07 square miles of land and 0.18 of water, for 3,365 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Berwick is less dense than the typical town.

What county Berwick is in

All of Berwick's residents live in Columbia County, which had 66,012 residents in 2024. Berwick holds 15.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Berwick

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Berwick by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 18603. 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 Berwick is

The Census internal point of Berwick is at 41.055000, -76.251000. Harrisburg, the capital, is 63.9 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bloomsburg, PA (13,286 people), 11.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 51.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.055000, -76.251000
DMS
41°03'18.00"N 76°15'3.60"W
UTM
18N 394875.3E 4545616.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
87H53P4X+2J

Daylight in Berwick

At 41.06° N, Berwick gets about 15 h 08 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 13 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 55 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Berwick

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Nescopeck, 2.0 miles away, with 1,512 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Berwick, PA?

10,332 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 1 (0.0%) from 10,333 in July 2020.

What county is Berwick in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Berwick?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 18603.

How far is Berwick from Harrisburg?

63.9 miles (102.9 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Berwick.

What is the nearest larger city to Berwick?

Bloomsburg, PA, with 13,286 residents, 11.3 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.