Pennsylvania · Census place 4250736

Montrose, Pennsylvania

Montrose is a borough in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 1,271 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 543rd largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,271
#543 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-1.5%
-20 people
Land area
1.3 sq mi
Density
985 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Montrose. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Montrose population, 2020 to 2024

Montrose lost 20 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.5%. In the latest year it moved by -5.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,294. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Montrose covers 1.29 square miles of land, for 985 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Montrose is less dense than the typical town.

What county Montrose is in

All of Montrose's residents live in Susquehanna County, which had 38,100 residents in 2024. Montrose 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 Montrose

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Montrose by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 18801. 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 Montrose is

The Census internal point of Montrose is at 41.833400, -75.876100. Harrisburg, the capital, is 120.5 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Susquehanna Depot, PA (1,341 people), 15.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Syracuse, NY, 84.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.833400, -75.876100
DMS
41°50'0.24"N 75°52'33.96"W
UTM
18N 427254.2E 4631650.1N
Geohash
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Plus code
87H6R4MF+9H

Daylight in Montrose

At 41.83° N, Montrose gets about 15 h 13 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 08 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 05 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Montrose

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Hallstead, 11.1 miles away, with 1,170 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Montrose, PA?

1,271 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 20 (1.5%) from 1,291 in July 2020.

What county is Montrose in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Montrose?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 18801.

How far is Montrose from Harrisburg?

120.5 miles (193.9 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Montrose.

What is the nearest larger city to Montrose?

Susquehanna Depot, PA, with 1,341 residents, 15.7 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.

  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.