Pennsylvania · Census place 4212224

Centerville, Pennsylvania

Centerville is a borough in Washington County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 3,214 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 301st largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,214
#301 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-1.3%
-42 people
Land area
13.2 sq mi
+ 0.39 sq mi water
Density
243 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Centerville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Centerville population, 2020 to 2024

Centerville lost 42 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.3%. In the latest year it moved by -8.

3,25620203,24420213,23020223,22220233,2142024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,257. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Centerville covers 13.23 square miles of land and 0.39 of water, for 243 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Centerville is less dense than the typical town.

What county Centerville is in

All of Centerville's residents live in Washington County, which had 210,434 residents in 2024. Centerville holds 1.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Centerville

5 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Centerville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 15333, 15358, 15368, 15417, 15429. 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 Centerville is

The Census internal point of Centerville is at 40.032500, -79.959500. Harrisburg, the capital, is 163.2 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is California, PA (4,628 people), 3.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 28.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.032500, -79.959500
DMS
40°01'57.00"N 79°57'34.20"W
UTM
17N 588775.5E 4431882.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
87G222MR+26

Daylight in Centerville

At 40.03° N, Centerville gets about 15 h 01 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 19 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 42 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Centerville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is California, 3.4 miles away, with 4,628 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Centerville, PA?

3,214 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 42 (1.3%) from 3,256 in July 2020.

What county is Centerville in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Centerville?

5 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 15333, 15358, 15368, 15417, 15429.

How far is Centerville from Harrisburg?

163.2 miles (262.7 km) in a straight line, heading E from Centerville.

What is the nearest larger city to Centerville?

California, PA, with 4,628 residents, 3.5 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.