Pennsylvania · Census place 4234664

Highspire, Pennsylvania

Highspire is a borough in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 2,734 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 351st largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,734
#351 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-0.2%
-6 people
Land area
0.7 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
3,797 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Highspire. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

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Highspire population, 2020 to 2024

Highspire lost 6 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.2%. In the latest year it moved by +4.

2,74020202,74120212,73220222,73020232,7342024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,740. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Highspire covers 0.72 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 3,797 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Highspire is close to the typical town.

What county Highspire is in

All of Highspire's residents live in Dauphin County, which had 293,029 residents in 2024. Highspire holds 0.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Highspire

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Highspire by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 17034. 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 Highspire is

The Census internal point of Highspire is at 40.208600, -76.785500. Harrisburg, the capital, is 6.5 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Steelton, PA (6,358 people), 2.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Baltimore, MD, 63.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.208600, -76.785500
DMS
40°12'30.96"N 76°47'7.80"W
UTM
18N 348050.9E 4452438.9N
Geohash
dr1ksxy80
Plus code
87G56657+CQ

Daylight in Highspire

At 40.21° N, Highspire gets about 15 h 02 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 18 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 44 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Highspire

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Steelton, 2.4 miles away, with 6,358 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Highspire, PA?

2,734 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 6 (0.2%) from 2,740 in July 2020.

What county is Highspire in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Highspire?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 17034.

How far is Highspire from Harrisburg?

6.5 miles (10.4 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Highspire.

What is the nearest larger city to Highspire?

Steelton, PA, with 6,358 residents, 2.4 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.