Pennsylvania · Census place 4208960
Brockway, Pennsylvania
Brockway is a borough in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 2,226 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 404th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,226
- #404 of 597 in Pennsylvania
- Change since 2020
- -2.3%
- -53 people
- Land area
- 1.2 sq mi
- + 0.03 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,871 / sq mi
- State median 3,911
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Brockway population, 2020 to 2024
Brockway lost 53 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.3%. In the latest year it moved by -13.
Brockway covers 1.19 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 1,871 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Brockway is less dense than the typical town.
What county Brockway is in
All of Brockway's residents live in Jefferson County, which had 43,367 residents in 2024. Brockway holds 5.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Brockway
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Brockway by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 15824. 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 Brockway is
The Census internal point of Brockway is at 41.247100, -78.792400. Harrisburg, the capital, is 120.8 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is DuBois, PA (7,302 people), 8.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 83.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 41.247100, -78.792400
- DMS
- 41°14'49.56"N 78°47'32.64"W
- UTM
- 17N 684973.5E 4568538.2N
- Geohash
- dprfxhc1u
- Plus code
- 87H366W5+R2
Daylight in Brockway
At 41.25° N, Brockway gets about 15 h 09 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 12 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 58 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Brockway
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Falls Creek, 7.3 miles away, with 1,006 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Brockway, PA?
2,226 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 53 (2.3%) from 2,279 in July 2020.
What county is Brockway in?
Jefferson County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Brockway?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 15824.
How far is Brockway from Harrisburg?
120.8 miles (194.4 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Brockway.
What is the nearest larger city to Brockway?
DuBois, PA, with 7,302 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.