Pennsylvania · Census place 4248000

Masontown, Pennsylvania

Masontown is a borough in Fayette County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 3,153 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 305th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,153
#305 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-3.4%
-112 people
Land area
1.5 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
2,102 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Masontown. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Masontown population, 2020 to 2024

Masontown lost 112 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.4%. In the latest year it moved by -19.

3,26520203,23120213,19720223,17220233,1532024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,270. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Masontown covers 1.50 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 2,102 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Masontown is less dense than the typical town.

What county Masontown is in

All of Masontown's residents live in Fayette County, which had 123,941 residents in 2024. Masontown holds 2.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Masontown

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Masontown by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 15461. 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 Masontown is

The Census internal point of Masontown is at 39.848700, -79.908700. Harrisburg, the capital, is 162.5 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Uniontown, PA (9,554 people), 10.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 41.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.848700, -79.908700
DMS
39°50'55.32"N 79°54'31.32"W
UTM
17N 593359.3E 4411534.4N
Geohash
dpp4twhr8
Plus code
87F2R3XR+FG

Daylight in Masontown

At 39.85° N, Masontown gets about 15 h 00 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 21 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 39 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Masontown

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Point Marion, 7.8 miles away, with 1,112 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Masontown, PA?

3,153 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 112 (3.4%) from 3,265 in July 2020.

What county is Masontown in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Masontown?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 15461.

How far is Masontown from Harrisburg?

162.5 miles (261.5 km) in a straight line, heading E from Masontown.

What is the nearest larger city to Masontown?

Uniontown, PA, with 9,554 residents, 10.4 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.