Pennsylvania · Census place 4207976

Brackenridge, Pennsylvania

Brackenridge is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 3,125 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 311th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,125
#311 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-3.5%
-115 people
Land area
0.5 sq mi
+ 0.05 sq mi water
Density
6,127 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Brackenridge. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Brackenridge population, 2020 to 2024

Brackenridge lost 115 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.5%. In the latest year it moved by -15.

3,24020203,20520213,16520223,14020233,1252024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,244. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Brackenridge covers 0.51 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 6,127 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Brackenridge is denser than the typical town.

What county Brackenridge is in

All of Brackenridge's residents live in Allegheny County, which had 1,231,814 residents in 2024. Brackenridge holds 0.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Brackenridge

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Brackenridge by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 15014. 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 Brackenridge is

The Census internal point of Brackenridge is at 40.608000, -79.740000. Harrisburg, the capital, is 152.1 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Tarentum, PA (4,183 people), 1.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 17.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.608000, -79.740000
DMS
40°36'28.80"N 79°44'24.00"W
UTM
17N 606594.6E 4496005.8N
Geohash
dppr12rne
Plus code
87G2J755+6X

Daylight in Brackenridge

At 40.61° N, Brackenridge gets about 15 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 16 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 49 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Brackenridge

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Tarentum, 1.1 miles away, with 4,183 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Brackenridge, PA?

3,125 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 115 (3.5%) from 3,240 in July 2020.

What county is Brackenridge in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Brackenridge?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 15014.

How far is Brackenridge from Harrisburg?

152.1 miles (244.7 km) in a straight line, heading E from Brackenridge.

What is the nearest larger city to Brackenridge?

Tarentum, PA, with 4,183 residents, 1.1 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.