Pennsylvania · Census place 4249368

Milesburg, Pennsylvania

Milesburg is a borough in Centre County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 1,077 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 582nd largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,077
#582 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-0.5%
-5 people
Land area
0.4 sq mi
Density
2,448 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Milesburg. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Milesburg population, 2020 to 2024

Milesburg lost 5 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.5%. In the latest year it moved by +1.

1,08220201,07620211,07120221,07620231,0772024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,085. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Milesburg covers 0.44 square miles of land, for 2,448 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Milesburg is less dense than the typical town.

What county Milesburg is in

All of Milesburg's residents live in Centre County, which had 159,805 residents in 2024. Milesburg 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 Milesburg

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Milesburg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 16823, 16853. 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 Milesburg is

The Census internal point of Milesburg is at 40.942400, -77.791700. Harrisburg, the capital, is 66.8 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bellefonte, PA (5,986 people), 2.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 119.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.942400, -77.791700
DMS
40°56'32.64"N 77°47'30.12"W
UTM
18N 264996.2E 4536116.3N
Geohash
dr28vv3ff
Plus code
87G4W6R5+X8

Daylight in Milesburg

At 40.94° N, Milesburg gets about 15 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 14 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 54 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Milesburg

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Bellefonte, 2.3 miles away, with 5,986 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Milesburg, PA?

1,077 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 5 (0.5%) from 1,082 in July 2020.

What county is Milesburg in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Milesburg?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 16823, 16853.

How far is Milesburg from Harrisburg?

66.8 miles (107.5 km) in a straight line, heading SE from Milesburg.

What is the nearest larger city to Milesburg?

Bellefonte, PA, with 5,986 residents, 2.3 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.