Pennsylvania · Census place 4249128

Middletown, Pennsylvania

Middletown is a borough in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 9,748 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 70th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
9,748
#70 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
+2.1%
+205 people
Land area
2.0 sq mi
+ 0.06 sq mi water
Density
4,802 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Middletown. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Middletown population, 2020 to 2024

Middletown added 205 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.1%. In the latest year it moved by +94. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 29th; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Middletown is 1.2 times that size.

9,54320209,59020219,59620229,65420239,7482024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 9,535. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Middletown covers 2.03 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 4,802 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Middletown is denser than the typical town.

What county Middletown is in

All of Middletown's residents live in Dauphin County, which had 293,029 residents in 2024. Middletown 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 Middletown

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Middletown by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 17057. 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 Middletown is

The Census internal point of Middletown is at 40.200900, -76.729200. Harrisburg, the capital, is 9.3 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Elizabethtown, PA (11,993 people), 7.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Baltimore, MD, 62.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.200900, -76.729200
DMS
40°12'3.24"N 76°43'45.12"W
UTM
18N 352825.7E 4451489.3N
Geohash
dr1ktyre0
Plus code
87G5672C+98

Daylight in Middletown

At 40.20° N, Middletown gets about 15 h 02 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 18 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 44 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Middletown

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Royalton, 1.1 miles away, with 1,134 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Middletown, PA?

9,748 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 205 (2.1%) from 9,543 in July 2020.

What county is Middletown in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Middletown?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 17057.

How far is Middletown from Harrisburg?

9.3 miles (14.9 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Middletown.

What is the nearest larger city to Middletown?

Elizabethtown, PA, with 11,993 residents, 7.6 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.