Milton, Pennsylvania

Milton population, 2020 to 2024

Milton lost 127 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.9%. In the latest year it moved by -10. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 131st; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Milton is 78% of it.

Milton covers 3.47 square miles of land and 0.30 of water, for 1,868 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Milton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Milton is in

All of Milton's residents live in Northumberland County, which had 90,027 residents in 2024. Milton holds 7.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Milton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Milton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 17847. 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 Milton is

The Census internal point of Milton is at 41.002300, -76.851000. Harrisburg, the capital, is 51.0 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sunbury, PA (9,549 people), 10.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 77.2 miles away.

Daylight in Milton

At 41.00° N, Milton gets about 15 h 08 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 13 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 Milton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Lewisburg, 3.3 miles away, with 5,253 people.