Pennsylvania · Census place 4228328
Gallitzin, Pennsylvania
Gallitzin is a borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 1,480 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 500th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,480
- #500 of 597 in Pennsylvania
- Change since 2020
- -2.9%
- -44 people
- Land area
- 0.7 sq mi
- Density
- 2,085 / sq mi
- State median 3,911
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Gallitzin population, 2020 to 2024
Gallitzin lost 44 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.9%. In the latest year it moved by -8.
Gallitzin covers 0.71 square miles of land, for 2,085 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Gallitzin is less dense than the typical town.
What county Gallitzin is in
All of Gallitzin's residents live in Cambria County, which had 130,108 residents in 2024. Gallitzin holds 1.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Gallitzin
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Gallitzin by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 16641. 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 Gallitzin is
The Census internal point of Gallitzin is at 40.481000, -78.554600. Harrisburg, the capital, is 89.2 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Altoona, PA (42,719 people), 8.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 74.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.481000, -78.554600
- DMS
- 40°28'51.60"N 78°33'16.56"W
- UTM
- 17N 707276.6E 4484018.3N
- Geohash
- dr0nk3q6c
- Plus code
- 87G3FCJW+C5
Daylight in Gallitzin
At 40.48° N, Gallitzin gets about 15 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 17 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 47 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Gallitzin
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Cresson, 2.1 miles away, with 1,480 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Gallitzin, PA?
1,480 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 44 (2.9%) from 1,524 in July 2020.
What county is Gallitzin in?
Cambria County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Gallitzin?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 16641.
How far is Gallitzin from Harrisburg?
89.2 miles (143.6 km) in a straight line, heading E from Gallitzin.
What is the nearest larger city to Gallitzin?
Altoona, PA, with 42,719 residents, 8.3 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.