Pennsylvania · Census place 4207160

Blossburg, Pennsylvania

Blossburg is a borough in Tioga County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 1,509 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 494th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,509
#494 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-1.7%
-26 people
Land area
4.7 sq mi
Density
325 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Blossburg. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

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Blossburg population, 2020 to 2024

Blossburg lost 26 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.7%. In the latest year it moved by -1.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,536. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Blossburg covers 4.65 square miles of land, for 325 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Blossburg is less dense than the typical town.

What county Blossburg is in

All of Blossburg's residents live in Tioga County, which had 40,698 residents in 2024. Blossburg 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 Blossburg

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Blossburg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 16912. 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 Blossburg is

The Census internal point of Blossburg is at 41.679500, -77.069000. Harrisburg, the capital, is 98.3 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mansfield, PA (2,937 people), 8.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Syracuse, NY, 105.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.679500, -77.069000
DMS
41°40'46.20"N 77°04'8.40"W
UTM
18N 327788.8E 4616260.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
87H4MWHJ+R9

Daylight in Blossburg

At 41.68° N, Blossburg gets about 15 h 12 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 09 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 03 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Blossburg

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Mansfield, 8.8 miles away, with 2,937 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Blossburg, PA?

1,509 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 26 (1.7%) from 1,535 in July 2020.

What county is Blossburg in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Blossburg?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 16912.

How far is Blossburg from Harrisburg?

98.3 miles (158.2 km) in a straight line, heading S from Blossburg.

What is the nearest larger city to Blossburg?

Mansfield, PA, with 2,937 residents, 8.8 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.