Pennsylvania · Census place 4231200

Greensburg, Pennsylvania

Greensburg is a city in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 14,586 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 39th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
14,586
#39 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-2.3%
-338 people
Land area
4.1 sq mi
Density
3,601 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Greensburg. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Greensburg population, 2020 to 2024

Greensburg lost 338 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.3%. In the latest year it moved by -49. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 143rd; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Greensburg is 1.7 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 14,949. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Greensburg covers 4.05 square miles of land, for 3,601 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Greensburg is close to the typical town.

What county Greensburg is in

All of Greensburg's residents live in Westmoreland County, which had 350,935 residents in 2024. Greensburg holds 4.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Greensburg

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Greensburg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 15601. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Greensburg is

The Census internal point of Greensburg is at 40.311200, -79.544400. Harrisburg, the capital, is 140.2 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Murrysville, PA (20,729 people), 10.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 24.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.311200, -79.544400
DMS
40°18'40.32"N 79°32'39.84"W
UTM
17N 623685.9E 4463314.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
87G28F64+F6

Daylight in Greensburg

At 40.31° N, Greensburg 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 Greensburg

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Southwest Greensburg, 1.3 miles away, with 2,166 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Greensburg, PA?

14,586 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 338 (2.3%) from 14,924 in July 2020.

What county is Greensburg in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Greensburg?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 15601.

How far is Greensburg from Harrisburg?

140.2 miles (225.7 km) in a straight line, heading E from Greensburg.

What is the nearest larger city to Greensburg?

Murrysville, PA, with 20,729 residents, 10.9 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.