Pennsylvania · Census place 4217136
Cresson, Pennsylvania
Cresson is a borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 1,480 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 499th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,480
- #499 of 597 in Pennsylvania
- Change since 2020
- -2.8%
- -42 people
- Land area
- 0.5 sq mi
- Density
- 3,083 / sq mi
- State median 3,911
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Cresson population, 2020 to 2024
Cresson lost 42 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.8%. In the latest year it moved by -10.
Cresson covers 0.48 square miles of land, for 3,083 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Cresson is less dense than the typical town.
What county Cresson is in
All of Cresson's residents live in Cambria County, which had 130,108 residents in 2024. Cresson holds 1.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Cresson
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Cresson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 16630. 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 Cresson is
The Census internal point of Cresson is at 40.462600, -78.586600. Harrisburg, the capital, is 90.7 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Portage, PA (2,381 people), 7.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 73.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.462600, -78.586600
- DMS
- 40°27'45.36"N 78°35'11.76"W
- UTM
- 17N 704619.9E 4481900.9N
- Geohash
- dr0n5tyzx
- Plus code
- 87G3FC77+29
Daylight in Cresson
At 40.46° N, Cresson gets about 15 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 17 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 47 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Cresson
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Gallitzin, 2.1 miles away, with 1,480 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Cresson, PA?
1,480 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 42 (2.8%) from 1,522 in July 2020.
What county is Cresson in?
Cambria County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Cresson?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 16630.
How far is Cresson from Harrisburg?
90.7 miles (145.9 km) in a straight line, heading E from Cresson.
What is the nearest larger city to Cresson?
Portage, PA, with 2,381 residents, 7.0 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.