Pennsylvania · Census place 4235424
Homestead, Pennsylvania
Homestead is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 2,852 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 337th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,852
- #337 of 597 in Pennsylvania
- Change since 2020
- -1.0%
- -29 people
- Land area
- 0.6 sq mi
- + 0.07 sq mi water
- Density
- 4,917 / sq mi
- State median 3,911
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Homestead population, 2020 to 2024
Homestead lost 29 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.0%. In the latest year it moved by -14.
Homestead covers 0.58 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 4,917 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Homestead is denser than the typical town.
What county Homestead is in
All of Homestead's residents live in Allegheny County, which had 1,231,814 residents in 2024. Homestead holds 0.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Homestead
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Homestead by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 15120. 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 Homestead is
The Census internal point of Homestead is at 40.407300, -79.909900. Harrisburg, the capital, is 159.7 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Munhall, PA (10,371 people), 1.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 4.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.407300, -79.909900
- DMS
- 40°24'26.28"N 79°54'35.64"W
- UTM
- 17N 592496.3E 4473535.5N
- Geohash
- dppjvegms
- Plus code
- 87G2C34R+W2
Daylight in Homestead
At 40.41° N, Homestead gets about 15 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 17 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 47 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Homestead
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is West Homestead, 0.9 miles away, with 1,804 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Homestead, PA?
2,852 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 29 (1.0%) from 2,881 in July 2020.
What county is Homestead in?
Allegheny County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Homestead?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 15120.
How far is Homestead from Harrisburg?
159.7 miles (257.0 km) in a straight line, heading E from Homestead.
What is the nearest larger city to Homestead?
Munhall, PA, with 10,371 residents, 1.1 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.