Pennsylvania · Census place 4227232

Frackville, Pennsylvania

Frackville is a borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 3,899 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 263rd largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,899
#263 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
+1.0%
+40 people
Land area
0.6 sq mi
Density
6,498 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Frackville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

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Frackville population, 2020 to 2024

Frackville added 40 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +14.

3,85920203,86920213,87220223,88520233,8992024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,862. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Frackville covers 0.60 square miles of land, for 6,498 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Frackville is denser than the typical town.

What county Frackville is in

All of Frackville's residents live in Schuylkill County, which had 144,523 residents in 2024. Frackville holds 2.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Frackville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Frackville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 17931. 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 Frackville is

The Census internal point of Frackville is at 40.783300, -76.232900. Harrisburg, the capital, is 49.6 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Shenandoah, PA (4,156 people), 2.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 41.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.783300, -76.232900
DMS
40°46'59.88"N 76°13'58.44"W
UTM
18N 395971.2E 4515432.9N
Geohash
dr3b122gu
Plus code
87G5QQM8+8R

Daylight in Frackville

At 40.78° N, Frackville gets about 15 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 51 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Frackville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Girardville, 2.7 miles away, with 1,322 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Frackville, PA?

3,899 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 40 (1.0%) from 3,859 in July 2020.

What county is Frackville in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Frackville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 17931.

How far is Frackville from Harrisburg?

49.6 miles (79.8 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Frackville.

What is the nearest larger city to Frackville?

Shenandoah, PA, with 4,156 residents, 2.9 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.