Pennsylvania · Census place 4218960

Derry, Pennsylvania

Derry is a borough in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 2,583 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 366th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,583
#366 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-2.2%
-57 people
Land area
0.8 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
3,355 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Derry. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Derry population, 2020 to 2024

Derry lost 57 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.2%. In the latest year it moved by -8.

2,64020202,62820212,60520222,59120232,5832024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,644. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Derry covers 0.77 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 3,355 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Derry is less dense than the typical town.

What county Derry is in

All of Derry's residents live in Westmoreland County, which had 350,935 residents in 2024. Derry 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 Derry

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Derry by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 15627. 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 Derry is

The Census internal point of Derry is at 40.333400, -79.301100. Harrisburg, the capital, is 127.5 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Latrobe, PA (7,906 people), 4.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 36.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.333400, -79.301100
DMS
40°20'0.24"N 79°18'3.96"W
UTM
17N 644313.3E 4466147.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
87G28MMX+9H

Daylight in Derry

At 40.33° N, Derry 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 46 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Derry

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Latrobe, 4.5 miles away, with 7,906 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Derry, PA?

2,583 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 57 (2.2%) from 2,640 in July 2020.

What county is Derry in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Derry?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 15627.

How far is Derry from Harrisburg?

127.5 miles (205.1 km) in a straight line, heading E from Derry.

What is the nearest larger city to Derry?

Latrobe, PA, with 7,906 residents, 4.5 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.