Pennsylvania · Census place 4238160
Jessup, Pennsylvania
Jessup is a borough in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 4,503 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 220th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,503
- #220 of 597 in Pennsylvania
- Change since 2020
- -0.2%
- -7 people
- Land area
- 6.7 sq mi
- + 0.05 sq mi water
- Density
- 668 / sq mi
- State median 3,911
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Jessup population, 2020 to 2024
Jessup lost 7 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.2%. In the latest year it moved by +8.
Jessup covers 6.74 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 668 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Jessup is less dense than the typical town.
What county Jessup is in
All of Jessup's residents live in Lackawanna County, which had 216,859 residents in 2024. Jessup holds 2.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Jessup
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Jessup by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 18403, 18434. 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 Jessup is
The Census internal point of Jessup is at 41.452200, -75.541300. Harrisburg, the capital, is 108.0 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Olyphant, PA (5,397 people), 1.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 59.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 41.452200, -75.541300
- DMS
- 41°27'7.92"N 75°32'28.68"W
- UTM
- 18N 454788.3E 4589098.9N
- Geohash
- dr67c40s8
- Plus code
- 87H6FF25+VF
Daylight in Jessup
At 41.45° N, Jessup gets about 15 h 11 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 11 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 00 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Jessup
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Olyphant, 1.8 miles away, with 5,397 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Jessup, PA?
4,503 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 7 (0.2%) from 4,510 in July 2020.
What county is Jessup in?
Lackawanna County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Jessup?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 18403, 18434.
How far is Jessup from Harrisburg?
108.0 miles (173.8 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Jessup.
What is the nearest larger city to Jessup?
Olyphant, PA, with 5,397 residents, 1.8 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.