Pennsylvania · Census place 4223584

Emmaus, Pennsylvania

Emmaus is a borough in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 12,314 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 54th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
12,314
#54 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
+5.8%
+674 people
Land area
2.9 sq mi
Density
4,246 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Emmaus. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

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Emmaus population, 2020 to 2024

Emmaus added 674 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.8%. In the latest year it moved by +197. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 11th; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Emmaus is 1.5 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 11,648. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Emmaus covers 2.90 square miles of land, for 4,246 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Emmaus is close to the typical town.

What county Emmaus is in

All of Emmaus's residents live in Lehigh County, which had 385,655 residents in 2024. Emmaus holds 3.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Emmaus

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Emmaus by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 18049. 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 Emmaus is

The Census internal point of Emmaus is at 40.535200, -75.497900. Harrisburg, the capital, is 75.3 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Allentown, PA (127,138 people), 4.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.535200, -75.497900
DMS
40°32'6.72"N 75°29'52.44"W
UTM
18N 457833.0E 4487281.0N
Geohash
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Plus code
87G6GGP2+3R

Daylight in Emmaus

At 40.54° N, Emmaus gets about 15 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 16 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 48 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Emmaus

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Macungie, 3.2 miles away, with 3,335 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Emmaus, PA?

12,314 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 674 (5.8%) from 11,640 in July 2020.

What county is Emmaus in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Emmaus?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 18049.

How far is Emmaus from Harrisburg?

75.3 miles (121.2 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Emmaus.

What is the nearest larger city to Emmaus?

Allentown, PA, with 127,138 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.