Pennsylvania · Census place 4227760

Freemansburg, Pennsylvania

Freemansburg is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 2,973 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 324th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,973
#324 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
+3.6%
+104 people
Land area
0.7 sq mi
+ 0.05 sq mi water
Density
4,247 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Freemansburg. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

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Freemansburg population, 2020 to 2024

Freemansburg added 104 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.6%. In the latest year it moved by +73.

2,86920202,86120212,84120222,90020232,9732024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,873. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Freemansburg covers 0.70 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 4,247 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Freemansburg is close to the typical town.

What county Freemansburg is in

All of Freemansburg's residents live in Northampton County, which had 322,989 residents in 2024. Freemansburg holds 0.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Freemansburg

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Freemansburg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 18017. 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 Freemansburg is

The Census internal point of Freemansburg is at 40.628000, -75.339900. Harrisburg, the capital, is 85.0 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bethlehem, PA (79,453 people), 1.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 7.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.628000, -75.339900
DMS
40°37'40.80"N 75°20'23.64"W
UTM
18N 471253.7E 4497518.4N
Geohash
dr4rjs55m
Plus code
87G6JMH6+52

Daylight in Freemansburg

At 40.63° N, Freemansburg 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 Freemansburg

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Bethlehem, 1.5 miles away, with 79,453 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Freemansburg, PA?

2,973 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 104 (3.6%) from 2,869 in July 2020.

What county is Freemansburg in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Freemansburg?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 18017.

How far is Freemansburg from Harrisburg?

85.0 miles (136.8 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Freemansburg.

What is the nearest larger city to Freemansburg?

Bethlehem, PA, with 79,453 residents, 1.5 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.