Pennsylvania · Census place 4244864

Lower Burrell, Pennsylvania

Lower Burrell is a city in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 11,542 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 58th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
11,542
#58 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-1.7%
-203 people
Land area
11.3 sq mi
+ 0.25 sq mi water
Density
1,024 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Lower Burrell. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Lower Burrell population, 2020 to 2024

Lower Burrell lost 203 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.7%. In the latest year it moved by -35. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 127th; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Lower Burrell is 1.4 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 11,763. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Lower Burrell covers 11.27 square miles of land and 0.25 of water, for 1,024 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Lower Burrell is less dense than the typical town.

What county Lower Burrell is in

All of Lower Burrell's residents live in Westmoreland County, which had 350,935 residents in 2024. Lower Burrell holds 3.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Lower Burrell

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Lower Burrell by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 15068. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Lower Burrell is

The Census internal point of Lower Burrell is at 40.583300, -79.718000. Harrisburg, the capital, is 150.7 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is New Kensington, PA (11,877 people), 2.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 16.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.583300, -79.718000
DMS
40°34'59.88"N 79°43'4.80"W
UTM
17N 608495.7E 4493290.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
87G2H7MJ+8Q

Daylight in Lower Burrell

At 40.58° N, Lower Burrell gets about 15 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 16 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 49 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Lower Burrell

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is New Kensington, 2.0 miles away, with 11,877 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Lower Burrell, PA?

11,542 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 203 (1.7%) from 11,745 in July 2020.

What county is Lower Burrell in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Lower Burrell?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 15068.

How far is Lower Burrell from Harrisburg?

150.7 miles (242.5 km) in a straight line, heading E from Lower Burrell.

What is the nearest larger city to Lower Burrell?

New Kensington, PA, with 11,877 residents, 2.0 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.