Pennsylvania · Census place 4206504

Birdsboro, Pennsylvania

Birdsboro is a borough in Berks County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 5,163 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 185th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,163
#185 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
+1.2%
+61 people
Land area
1.3 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
3,911 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Birdsboro. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Birdsboro population, 2020 to 2024

Birdsboro added 61 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.2%. In the latest year it moved by +36. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 55th; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Birdsboro is 62% of it.

5,10220205,10020215,10220225,12720235,1632024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,108. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Birdsboro covers 1.32 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 3,911 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Birdsboro is close to the typical town.

What county Birdsboro is in

All of Birdsboro's residents live in Berks County, which had 439,117 residents in 2024. Birdsboro holds 1.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Birdsboro

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Birdsboro by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 19508. 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 Birdsboro is

The Census internal point of Birdsboro is at 40.262300, -75.810100. Harrisburg, the capital, is 56.6 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Reading, PA (96,000 people), 8.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 28.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.262300, -75.810100
DMS
40°15'44.28"N 75°48'36.36"W
UTM
18N 431115.0E 4457185.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
87G6756Q+WX

Daylight in Birdsboro

At 40.26° N, Birdsboro gets about 15 h 03 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 18 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 45 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Birdsboro

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is St. Lawrence, 5.2 miles away, with 1,962 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Birdsboro, PA?

5,163 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 61 (1.2%) from 5,102 in July 2020.

What county is Birdsboro in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Birdsboro?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 19508.

How far is Birdsboro from Harrisburg?

56.6 miles (91.1 km) in a straight line, heading W from Birdsboro.

What is the nearest larger city to Birdsboro?

Reading, PA, with 96,000 residents, 8.1 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.