Pennsylvania · Census place 4231328

Greenville, Pennsylvania

Greenville is a borough in Mercer County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 5,459 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 172nd largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,459
#172 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-1.3%
-74 people
Land area
1.9 sq mi
Density
2,888 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Greenville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Greenville population, 2020 to 2024

Greenville lost 74 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.3%. In the latest year it moved by -27. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 121st; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Greenville is 65% of it.

5,53320205,57520215,53320225,48620235,4592024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,540. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Greenville covers 1.89 square miles of land, for 2,888 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Greenville is less dense than the typical town.

What county Greenville is in

All of Greenville's residents live in Mercer County, which had 108,140 residents in 2024. Greenville holds 5.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Greenville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Greenville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 16125. 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 Greenville is

The Census internal point of Greenville is at 41.405100, -80.383800. Harrisburg, the capital, is 199.2 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hermitage, PA (15,839 people), 12.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Akron, OH, 63.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.405100, -80.383800
DMS
41°24'18.36"N 80°23'1.68"W
UTM
17N 551504.9E 4583911.8N
Geohash
dpqgdcd61
Plus code
86HXCJ48+2F

Daylight in Greenville

At 41.41° N, Greenville gets about 15 h 10 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 11 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 00 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Greenville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Sharpsville, 11.3 miles away, with 4,127 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Greenville, PA?

5,459 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 74 (1.3%) from 5,533 in July 2020.

What county is Greenville in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Greenville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 16125.

How far is Greenville from Harrisburg?

199.2 miles (320.6 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Greenville.

What is the nearest larger city to Greenville?

Hermitage, PA, with 15,839 residents, 12.5 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.