Pennsylvania · Census place 4243816

Lititz, Pennsylvania

Lititz is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 9,733 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 72nd largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
9,733
#72 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
+2.7%
+259 people
Land area
2.3 sq mi
Density
4,195 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Lititz. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Lititz population, 2020 to 2024

Lititz added 259 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.7%. In the latest year it moved by +5. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 25th; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Lititz is 1.2 times that size.

9,47420209,52220219,65420229,72820239,7332024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 9,347. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Lititz covers 2.32 square miles of land, for 4,195 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Lititz is close to the typical town.

What county Lititz is in

All of Lititz's residents live in Lancaster County, which had 563,293 residents in 2024. Lititz holds 1.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lititz

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lititz by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 17543. 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 Lititz is

The Census internal point of Lititz is at 40.154000, -76.304300. Harrisburg, the capital, is 31.5 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ephrata, PA (13,719 people), 6.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 53.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.154000, -76.304300
DMS
40°09'14.40"N 76°18'15.48"W
UTM
18N 388914.2E 4445665.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
87G55M3W+J7

Daylight in Lititz

At 40.15° N, Lititz gets about 15 h 02 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 19 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 43 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Lititz

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is East Petersburg, 4.2 miles away, with 4,625 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Lititz, PA?

9,733 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 259 (2.7%) from 9,474 in July 2020.

What county is Lititz in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Lititz?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 17543.

How far is Lititz from Harrisburg?

31.5 miles (50.7 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Lititz.

What is the nearest larger city to Lititz?

Ephrata, PA, with 13,719 residents, 6.8 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.

  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.