Pennsylvania · Census place 4225136

Falls Creek, Pennsylvania

Falls Creek is a borough in 2 counties of Pennsylvania with an estimated 1,006 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 597th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,006
#597 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-2.4%
-25 people
Land area
0.9 sq mi
Density
1,082 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Falls Creek. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Falls Creek population, 2020 to 2024

Falls Creek lost 25 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.4%. In the latest year it moved by -5.

1,03120201,02420211,01320221,01120231,0062024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,031. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Falls Creek covers 0.93 square miles of land, for 1,082 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Falls Creek is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Falls Creek spans

Falls Creek crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 1,006 residents as follows; Jefferson County holds 96.0% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Jefferson County966
  2. 02Clearfield County40
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Falls Creek

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Falls Creek by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 15840. 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 Falls Creek is

The Census internal point of Falls Creek is at 41.142000, -78.806900. Harrisburg, the capital, is 117.6 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is DuBois, PA (7,302 people), 3.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 78.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.142000, -78.806900
DMS
41°08'31.20"N 78°48'24.84"W
UTM
17N 684052.8E 4556838.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
87H345RV+R6

Daylight in Falls Creek

At 41.14° N, Falls Creek gets about 15 h 09 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 13 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 56 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Falls Creek

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is DuBois, 3.0 miles away, with 7,302 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Falls Creek, PA?

1,006 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 25 (2.4%) from 1,031 in July 2020.

What county is Falls Creek in?

It spans 2 counties: Jefferson County (966 residents), Clearfield County (40 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Falls Creek?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 15840.

How far is Falls Creek from Harrisburg?

117.6 miles (189.2 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Falls Creek.

What is the nearest larger city to Falls Creek?

DuBois, PA, with 7,302 residents, 3.0 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)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.