Pennsylvania · Census place 4243944
Littlestown, Pennsylvania
Littlestown is a borough in Adams County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 4,917 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 199th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,917
- #199 of 597 in Pennsylvania
- Change since 2020
- +2.7%
- +130 people
- Land area
- 1.8 sq mi
- Density
- 2,687 / sq mi
- State median 3,911
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Littlestown population, 2020 to 2024
Littlestown added 130 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.7%. In the latest year it moved by +36.
Littlestown covers 1.83 square miles of land, for 2,687 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Littlestown is less dense than the typical town.
What county Littlestown is in
All of Littlestown's residents live in Adams County, which had 107,914 residents in 2024. Littlestown holds 4.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Littlestown
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Littlestown by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 17340. 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 Littlestown is
The Census internal point of Littlestown is at 39.745500, -77.085700. Harrisburg, the capital, is 37.4 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hanover, PA (16,728 people), 7.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Baltimore, MD, 39.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.745500, -77.085700
- DMS
- 39°44'43.80"N 77°05'8.52"W
- UTM
- 18N 321298.8E 4401591.0N
- Geohash
- dr14jg7ym
- Plus code
- 87F4PWW7+6P
Daylight in Littlestown
At 39.75° N, Littlestown gets about 14 h 59 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 21 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 38 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Littlestown
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Bonneauville, 5.2 miles away, with 1,806 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Littlestown, PA?
4,917 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 130 (2.7%) from 4,787 in July 2020.
What county is Littlestown in?
Adams County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Littlestown?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 17340.
How far is Littlestown from Harrisburg?
37.4 miles (60.2 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Littlestown.
What is the nearest larger city to Littlestown?
Hanover, PA, with 16,728 residents, 7.1 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.