Pennsylvania · Census place 4227008

Fountain Hill, Pennsylvania

Fountain Hill is a borough in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 4,880 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 200th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,880
#200 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
+1.2%
+56 people
Land area
0.7 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
6,595 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Fountain Hill. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Fountain Hill population, 2020 to 2024

Fountain Hill added 56 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.2%. In the latest year it moved by +43.

4,82420204,82820214,81620224,83720234,8802024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,828. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Fountain Hill covers 0.74 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 6,595 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Fountain Hill is denser than the typical town.

What county Fountain Hill is in

All of Fountain Hill's residents live in Lehigh County, which had 385,655 residents in 2024. Fountain Hill holds 1.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Fountain Hill

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Fountain Hill by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 18015. 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 Fountain Hill is

The Census internal point of Fountain Hill is at 40.602800, -75.396100. Harrisburg, the capital, is 81.7 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bethlehem, PA (79,453 people), 2.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 4.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.602800, -75.396100
DMS
40°36'10.08"N 75°23'45.96"W
UTM
18N 466488.2E 4494741.0N
Geohash
dr4qurd0r
Plus code
87G6JJ33+4H

Daylight in Fountain Hill

At 40.60° N, Fountain Hill 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 49 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Fountain Hill

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Bethlehem, 2.2 miles away, with 79,453 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Fountain Hill, PA?

4,880 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 56 (1.2%) from 4,824 in July 2020.

What county is Fountain Hill in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Fountain Hill?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 18015.

How far is Fountain Hill from Harrisburg?

81.7 miles (131.4 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Fountain Hill.

What is the nearest larger city to Fountain Hill?

Bethlehem, PA, with 79,453 residents, 2.2 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.