Pennsylvania · Census place 4211736

Catawissa, Pennsylvania

Catawissa is a borough in Columbia County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 1,537 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 489th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,537
#489 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-0.1%
-1 people
Land area
0.5 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
3,014 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Catawissa. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Catawissa population, 2020 to 2024

Catawissa lost 1 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +3.

1,53820201,54120211,53120221,53420231,5372024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,539. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Catawissa covers 0.51 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 3,014 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Catawissa is less dense than the typical town.

What county Catawissa is in

All of Catawissa's residents live in Columbia County, which had 66,012 residents in 2024. Catawissa holds 2.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Catawissa

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Catawissa by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 17820. 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 Catawissa is

The Census internal point of Catawissa is at 40.953100, -76.459900. Harrisburg, the capital, is 52.6 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bloomsburg, PA (13,286 people), 3.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 57.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.953100, -76.459900
DMS
40°57'11.16"N 76°27'35.64"W
UTM
18N 377131.3E 4534576.9N
Geohash
dr38up795
Plus code
87G5XG3R+62

Daylight in Catawissa

At 40.95° N, Catawissa gets about 15 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 14 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 54 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Catawissa

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Bloomsburg, 3.4 miles away, with 13,286 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Catawissa, PA?

1,537 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 1 (0.1%) from 1,538 in July 2020.

What county is Catawissa in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Catawissa?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 17820.

How far is Catawissa from Harrisburg?

52.6 miles (84.6 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Catawissa.

What is the nearest larger city to Catawissa?

Bloomsburg, PA, with 13,286 residents, 3.4 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.