Pennsylvania · Census place 4237640

Jacobus, Pennsylvania

Jacobus is a borough in York County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 1,839 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 446th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,839
#446 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
+0.6%
+11 people
Land area
0.9 sq mi
Density
1,977 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Jacobus. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Jacobus population, 2020 to 2024

Jacobus added 11 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.6%. In the latest year it moved by +10.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,830. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Jacobus covers 0.93 square miles of land, for 1,977 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Jacobus is less dense than the typical town.

What county Jacobus is in

All of Jacobus's residents live in York County, which had 471,240 residents in 2024. Jacobus holds 0.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Jacobus

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Jacobus by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 17407. 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 Jacobus is

The Census internal point of Jacobus is at 39.882500, -76.712100. Harrisburg, the capital, is 27.9 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Dallastown, PA (4,211 people), 4.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Baltimore, MD, 40.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.882500, -76.712100
DMS
39°52'57.00"N 76°42'43.56"W
UTM
18N 353601.6E 4416118.8N
Geohash
dr16yk7uq
Plus code
87F5V7MQ+25

Daylight in Jacobus

At 39.88° N, Jacobus gets about 15 h 00 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 20 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 40 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Jacobus

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Loganville, 1.9 miles away, with 1,443 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Jacobus, PA?

1,839 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 11 (0.6%) from 1,828 in July 2020.

What county is Jacobus in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Jacobus?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 17407.

How far is Jacobus from Harrisburg?

27.9 miles (44.9 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Jacobus.

What is the nearest larger city to Jacobus?

Dallastown, PA, with 4,211 residents, 4.0 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.