Pennsylvania · Census place 4250544

Mont Alto, Pennsylvania

Mont Alto is a borough in Franklin County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 1,563 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 485th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,563
#485 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-0.8%
-12 people
Land area
0.6 sq mi
Density
2,791 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Mont Alto. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Mont Alto population, 2020 to 2024

Mont Alto lost 12 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.8%. In the latest year it moved by -3.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,576. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Mont Alto covers 0.56 square miles of land, for 2,791 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Mont Alto is less dense than the typical town.

What county Mont Alto is in

All of Mont Alto's residents live in Franklin County, which had 159,285 residents in 2024. Mont Alto holds 1.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Mont Alto

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Mont Alto by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 17237. 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 Mont Alto is

The Census internal point of Mont Alto is at 39.840400, -77.555700. Harrisburg, the capital, is 46.0 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Waynesboro, PA (11,101 people), 6.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Baltimore, MD, 62.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.840400, -77.555700
DMS
39°50'25.44"N 77°33'20.52"W
UTM
18N 281326.0E 4413169.0N
Geohash
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Plus code
87F4RCRV+5P

Daylight in Mont Alto

At 39.84° N, Mont Alto 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 Mont Alto

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Waynesboro, 6.2 miles away, with 11,101 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Mont Alto, PA?

1,563 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 12 (0.8%) from 1,575 in July 2020.

What county is Mont Alto in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Mont Alto?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 17237.

How far is Mont Alto from Harrisburg?

46.0 miles (74.1 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Mont Alto.

What is the nearest larger city to Mont Alto?

Waynesboro, PA, with 11,101 residents, 6.2 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.