Pennsylvania · Census place 4238400
Jonestown, Pennsylvania
Jonestown is a borough in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 1,654 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 475th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,654
- #475 of 597 in Pennsylvania
- Change since 2020
- +1.3%
- +22 people
- Land area
- 0.6 sq mi
- Density
- 2,625 / sq mi
- State median 3,911
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Jonestown population, 2020 to 2024
Jonestown added 22 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.3%. In the latest year it moved by +12.
Jonestown covers 0.63 square miles of land, for 2,625 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Jonestown is less dense than the typical town.
What county Jonestown is in
All of Jonestown's residents live in Lebanon County, which had 145,319 residents in 2024. Jonestown holds 1.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Jonestown
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Jonestown by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 17038. 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 Jonestown is
The Census internal point of Jonestown is at 40.413000, -76.480700. Harrisburg, the capital, is 23.6 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Cleona, PA (2,040 people), 5.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 54.1 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.413000, -76.480700
- DMS
- 40°24'46.80"N 76°28'50.52"W
- UTM
- 18N 374370.4E 4474650.3N
- Geohash
- dr1tgsuqy
- Plus code
- 87G5CG79+6P
Daylight in Jonestown
At 40.41° N, Jonestown 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 Jonestown
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Cleona, 5.2 miles away, with 2,040 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Jonestown, PA?
1,654 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 22 (1.3%) from 1,632 in July 2020.
What county is Jonestown in?
Lebanon County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Jonestown?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 17038.
How far is Jonestown from Harrisburg?
23.6 miles (38.0 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Jonestown.
What is the nearest larger city to Jonestown?
Cleona, PA, with 2,040 residents, 5.2 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.