Pennsylvania · Census place 4236232

Hummelstown, Pennsylvania

Hummelstown is a borough in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 4,542 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 217th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,542
#217 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
+0.0%
+1 people
Land area
1.2 sq mi
+ 0.07 sq mi water
Density
3,663 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Hummelstown. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

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Hummelstown population, 2020 to 2024

Hummelstown added 1 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.0%. In the latest year it moved by +8.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,543. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Hummelstown covers 1.24 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 3,663 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Hummelstown is close to the typical town.

What county Hummelstown is in

All of Hummelstown's residents live in Dauphin County, which had 293,029 residents in 2024. Hummelstown holds 1.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Hummelstown

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hummelstown by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 17036. 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 Hummelstown is

The Census internal point of Hummelstown is at 40.265300, -76.712900. Harrisburg, the capital, is 9.0 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Middletown, PA (9,748 people), 4.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Baltimore, MD, 66.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.265300, -76.712900
DMS
40°15'55.08"N 76°42'46.44"W
UTM
18N 354351.2E 4458611.0N
Geohash
dr1mn6567
Plus code
87G5778P+4R

Daylight in Hummelstown

At 40.27° N, Hummelstown 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 Hummelstown

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Middletown, 4.5 miles away, with 9,748 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Hummelstown, PA?

4,542 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1 (0.0%) from 4,541 in July 2020.

What county is Hummelstown in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Hummelstown?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 17036.

How far is Hummelstown from Harrisburg?

9.0 miles (14.5 km) in a straight line, heading W from Hummelstown.

What is the nearest larger city to Hummelstown?

Middletown, PA, with 9,748 residents, 4.5 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.