Pennsylvania · Census place 4247672

Mars, Pennsylvania

Mars is a borough in Butler County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 1,415 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 515th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,415
#515 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-3.1%
-45 people
Land area
0.5 sq mi
Density
3,011 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Mars. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

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Mars population, 2020 to 2024

Mars lost 45 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.1%. In the latest year it moved by -8.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,461. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Mars covers 0.47 square miles of land, for 3,011 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Mars is less dense than the typical town.

What county Mars is in

All of Mars's residents live in Butler County, which had 199,341 residents in 2024. Mars holds 0.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Mars

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Mars by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 16046. 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 Mars is

The Census internal point of Mars is at 40.697000, -80.014100. Harrisburg, the capital, is 167.2 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Seven Fields, PA (2,861 people), 2.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 17.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.697000, -80.014100
DMS
40°41'49.20"N 80°00'50.76"W
UTM
17N 583294.9E 4505589.4N
Geohash
dpppe0xt0
Plus code
86GXMXWP+R9

Daylight in Mars

At 40.70° N, Mars gets about 15 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 50 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Mars

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Seven Fields, 2.7 miles away, with 2,861 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Mars, PA?

1,415 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 45 (3.1%) from 1,460 in July 2020.

What county is Mars in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Mars?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 16046.

How far is Mars from Harrisburg?

167.2 miles (269.1 km) in a straight line, heading E from Mars.

What is the nearest larger city to Mars?

Seven Fields, PA, with 2,861 residents, 2.7 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.