Pennsylvania · Census place 4228720

Geistown, Pennsylvania

Geistown is a borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 2,296 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 396th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,296
#396 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-2.8%
-66 people
Land area
1.1 sq mi
Density
2,166 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Geistown. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Geistown population, 2020 to 2024

Geistown lost 66 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.8%. In the latest year it moved by -12.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,367. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Geistown covers 1.06 square miles of land, for 2,166 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Geistown is less dense than the typical town.

What county Geistown is in

All of Geistown's residents live in Cambria County, which had 130,108 residents in 2024. Geistown holds 1.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Geistown

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Geistown by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 15904. 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 Geistown is

The Census internal point of Geistown is at 40.293600, -78.872600. Harrisburg, the capital, is 104.8 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Johnstown, PA (17,853 people), 3.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 59.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.293600, -78.872600
DMS
40°17'36.96"N 78°52'21.36"W
UTM
17N 680821.0E 4462516.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
87G374VG+CX

Daylight in Geistown

At 40.29° N, Geistown gets about 15 h 03 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 18 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 45 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Geistown

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Ferndale, 2.5 miles away, with 1,501 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Geistown, PA?

2,296 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 66 (2.8%) from 2,362 in July 2020.

What county is Geistown in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Geistown?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 15904.

How far is Geistown from Harrisburg?

104.8 miles (168.7 km) in a straight line, heading E from Geistown.

What is the nearest larger city to Geistown?

Johnstown, PA, with 17,853 residents, 3.3 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.

  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.