Pennsylvania · Census place 4240272

Knox, Pennsylvania

Knox is a borough in Clarion County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 1,074 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 583rd largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,074
#583 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-2.1%
-23 people
Land area
0.6 sq mi
Density
1,918 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Knox. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Knox population, 2020 to 2024

Knox lost 23 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.1%. In the latest year it moved by -5.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,098. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Knox covers 0.56 square miles of land, for 1,918 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Knox is less dense than the typical town.

What county Knox is in

All of Knox's residents live in Clarion County, which had 36,855 residents in 2024. Knox holds 2.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Knox

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Knox by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 16232. 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 Knox is

The Census internal point of Knox is at 41.234400, -79.536100. Harrisburg, the capital, is 154.2 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Clarion, PA (4,141 people), 8.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 59.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.234400, -79.536100
DMS
41°14'3.84"N 79°32'9.96"W
UTM
17N 622680.8E 4565811.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
87H26FM7+QH

Daylight in Knox

At 41.23° N, Knox gets about 15 h 09 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 12 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 57 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Knox

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Clarion, 8.3 miles away, with 4,141 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Knox, PA?

1,074 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 23 (2.1%) from 1,097 in July 2020.

What county is Knox in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Knox?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 16232.

How far is Knox from Harrisburg?

154.2 miles (248.1 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Knox.

What is the nearest larger city to Knox?

Clarion, PA, with 4,141 residents, 8.3 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.