Pennsylvania · Census place 4219208

Dillsburg, Pennsylvania

Dillsburg is a borough in York County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 2,651 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 357th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,651
#357 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
+0.7%
+19 people
Land area
0.8 sq mi
Density
3,273 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Dillsburg. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

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Dillsburg population, 2020 to 2024

Dillsburg added 19 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.7%. In the latest year it moved by +15.

2,63220202,63220212,62720222,63620232,6512024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,634. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Dillsburg covers 0.81 square miles of land, for 3,273 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Dillsburg is less dense than the typical town.

What county Dillsburg is in

All of Dillsburg's residents live in York County, which had 471,240 residents in 2024. Dillsburg holds 0.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Dillsburg

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Dillsburg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 17019. 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 Dillsburg is

The Census internal point of Dillsburg is at 40.111500, -77.032500. Harrisburg, the capital, is 13.1 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mechanicsburg, PA (10,085 people), 7.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Baltimore, MD, 60.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.111500, -77.032500
DMS
40°06'41.40"N 77°01'57.00"W
UTM
18N 326782.7E 4442112.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
87G44X68+JX

Daylight in Dillsburg

At 40.11° N, Dillsburg gets about 15 h 02 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 19 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 43 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Dillsburg

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Mechanicsburg, 7.0 miles away, with 10,085 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Dillsburg, PA?

2,651 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 19 (0.7%) from 2,632 in July 2020.

What county is Dillsburg in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Dillsburg?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 17019.

How far is Dillsburg from Harrisburg?

13.1 miles (21.1 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Dillsburg.

What is the nearest larger city to Dillsburg?

Mechanicsburg, PA, with 10,085 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.

  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)

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