Pennsylvania · Census place 4236368

Huntingdon, Pennsylvania

Huntingdon is a borough in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 6,857 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 124th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,857
#124 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
+0.6%
+42 people
Land area
3.6 sq mi
+ 0.08 sq mi water
Density
1,894 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Huntingdon. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Huntingdon population, 2020 to 2024

Huntingdon added 42 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.6%. In the latest year it moved by -31. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 80th; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Huntingdon is 82% of it.

6,81520206,98020216,92720226,88820236,8572024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,822. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Huntingdon covers 3.62 square miles of land and 0.08 of water, for 1,894 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Huntingdon is less dense than the typical town.

What county Huntingdon is in

All of Huntingdon's residents live in Huntingdon County, which had 43,359 residents in 2024. Huntingdon holds 15.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Huntingdon

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Huntingdon by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 16652. 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 Huntingdon is

The Census internal point of Huntingdon is at 40.498200, -78.007300. Harrisburg, the capital, is 61.3 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Altoona, PA (42,719 people), 20.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 103.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.498200, -78.007300
DMS
40°29'53.52"N 78°00'26.28"W
UTM
17N 753608.1E 4487358.4N
Geohash
dr0w2ukz4
Plus code
87G3FXXV+73

Daylight in Huntingdon

At 40.50° N, Huntingdon 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 48 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Huntingdon

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Mount Union, 10.3 miles away, with 2,244 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Huntingdon, PA?

6,857 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 42 (0.6%) from 6,815 in July 2020.

What county is Huntingdon in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Huntingdon?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 16652.

How far is Huntingdon from Harrisburg?

61.3 miles (98.6 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Huntingdon.

What is the nearest larger city to Huntingdon?

Altoona, PA, with 42,719 residents, 20.7 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.