Pennsylvania · Census place 4213800

Clarion, Pennsylvania

Clarion is a borough in Clarion County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 4,141 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 246th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 4,141; #246 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020: +5.5%; +215 people
Land area: 1.6 sq mi; + 0.04 sq mi water
Density: 2,638 / sq mi; State median 3,911

Orange pin: Clarion. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

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Clarion population, 2020 to 2024

Clarion added 215 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.5%. In the latest year it moved by -11.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,931. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Clarion covers 1.57 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 2,638 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Clarion is less dense than the typical town.

What county Clarion is in

All of Clarion's residents live in Clarion County, which had 36,855 residents in 2024. Clarion holds 11.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Clarion

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Clarion by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 16214. 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 Clarion is

The Census internal point of Clarion is at 41.209400, -79.380100. Harrisburg, the capital, is 146.1 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Oil City, PA (9,368 people), 22.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 61.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 41.209400, -79.380100
DMS: 41°12'33.84"N 79°22'48.36"W
UTM: 17N 635806.4E 4563267.8N
Geohash: dprd3tvnj
Plus code: 87H26J59+QX

Daylight in Clarion

At 41.21° N, Clarion 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 57 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Clarion

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Knox, 8.3 miles away, with 1,074 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Clarion, PA?

4,141 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 215 (5.5%) from 3,926 in July 2020.

What county is Clarion in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Clarion?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 16214.

How far is Clarion from Harrisburg?

146.1 miles (235.1 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Clarion.

What is the nearest larger city to Clarion?

Oil City, PA, with 9,368 residents, 22.8 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.