Pennsylvania · Census place 4249728
Millersville, Pennsylvania
Millersville is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 9,290 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 82nd largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 9,290
- #82 of 597 in Pennsylvania
- Change since 2020
- +17.8%
- +1,406 people
- Land area
- 1.9 sq mi
- Density
- 4,813 / sq mi
- State median 3,911
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Millersville population, 2020 to 2024
Millersville added 1,406 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +17.8%. In the latest year it moved by +10. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 3rd; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Millersville is 1.1 times that size.
Millersville covers 1.93 square miles of land, for 4,813 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Millersville is denser than the typical town.
What county Millersville is in
All of Millersville's residents live in Lancaster County, which had 563,293 residents in 2024. Millersville holds 1.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Millersville
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Millersville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 17551, 17603. 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 Millersville is
The Census internal point of Millersville is at 40.005300, -76.351800. Harrisburg, the capital, is 33.3 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lancaster, PA (58,441 people), 3.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Baltimore, MD, 50.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.005300, -76.351800
- DMS
- 40°00'19.08"N 76°21'6.48"W
- UTM
- 18N 384617.8E 4429220.6N
- Geohash
- dr1ewddrf
- Plus code
- 87G52J4X+47
Daylight in Millersville
At 40.01° N, Millersville gets about 15 h 01 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 20 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 41 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Millersville
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Lancaster, 3.7 miles away, with 58,441 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Millersville, PA?
9,290 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,406 (17.8%) from 7,884 in July 2020.
What county is Millersville in?
Lancaster County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Millersville?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 17551, 17603.
How far is Millersville from Harrisburg?
33.3 miles (53.6 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Millersville.
What is the nearest larger city to Millersville?
Lancaster, PA, with 58,441 residents, 3.7 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.