Pennsylvania · Census place 4218888

Denver, Pennsylvania

Denver is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 3,760 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 271st largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,760
#271 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-0.7%
-28 people
Land area
1.3 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
2,938 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Denver. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

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Denver population, 2020 to 2024

Denver lost 28 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.7%. In the latest year it moved by -10.

3,78820203,78020213,76820223,77020233,7602024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,795. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Denver covers 1.28 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 2,938 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Denver is less dense than the typical town.

What county Denver is in

All of Denver's residents live in Lancaster County, which had 563,293 residents in 2024. Denver holds 0.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Denver

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Denver by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 17517. 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 Denver is

The Census internal point of Denver is at 40.234100, -76.141200. Harrisburg, the capital, is 39.2 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ephrata, PA (13,719 people), 4.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 42.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.234100, -76.141200
DMS
40°14'2.76"N 76°08'28.32"W
UTM
18N 402919.9E 4454365.1N
Geohash
dr1ugk7st
Plus code
87G56VM5+JG

Daylight in Denver

At 40.23° N, Denver gets about 15 h 03 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 18 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 44 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Denver

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Adamstown, 4.1 miles away, with 1,960 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Denver, PA?

3,760 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 28 (0.7%) from 3,788 in July 2020.

What county is Denver in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Denver?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 17517.

How far is Denver from Harrisburg?

39.2 miles (63.1 km) in a straight line, heading W from Denver.

What is the nearest larger city to Denver?

Ephrata, PA, with 13,719 residents, 4.2 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.