Pennsylvania · Census place 4234064

Hermitage, Pennsylvania

Hermitage is a city in Mercer County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 15,839 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 36th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
15,839
#36 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-2.5%
-401 people
Land area
29.5 sq mi
+ 0.10 sq mi water
Density
538 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Hermitage. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Hermitage population, 2020 to 2024

Hermitage lost 401 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.5%. In the latest year it moved by -79. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 151st; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Hermitage is 1.9 times that size.

16.2k202016.2k202116.1k202215.9k202315.8k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 16,230. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Hermitage covers 29.46 square miles of land and 0.10 of water, for 538 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Hermitage is less dense than the typical town.

What county Hermitage is in

All of Hermitage's residents live in Mercer County, which had 108,140 residents in 2024. Hermitage holds 14.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Hermitage

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hermitage by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 16148. 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 Hermitage is

The Census internal point of Hermitage is at 41.229600, -80.440700. Harrisburg, the capital, is 197.8 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Youngstown, OH (59,123 people), 14.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Akron, OH, 57.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.229600, -80.440700
DMS
41°13'46.56"N 80°26'26.52"W
UTM
17N 546874.5E 4564396.1N
Geohash
dpqf998gg
Plus code
86HX6HH5+RP

Daylight in Hermitage

At 41.23° N, Hermitage gets about 15 h 09 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 12 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 57 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Hermitage

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Sharpsville, 2.9 miles away, with 4,127 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Hermitage, PA?

15,839 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 401 (2.5%) from 16,240 in July 2020.

What county is Hermitage in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Hermitage?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 16148.

How far is Hermitage from Harrisburg?

197.8 miles (318.2 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Hermitage.

What is the nearest larger city to Hermitage?

Youngstown, OH, with 59,123 residents, 14.0 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.