Pennsylvania · Census place 4251176
Morton, Pennsylvania
Morton is a borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 2,788 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 345th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,788
- #345 of 597 in Pennsylvania
- Change since 2020
- +0.7%
- +20 people
- Land area
- 0.4 sq mi
- Density
- 7,744 / sq mi
- State median 3,911
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Morton population, 2020 to 2024
Morton added 20 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.7%. In the latest year it moved by +20.
Morton covers 0.36 square miles of land, for 7,744 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Morton is denser than the typical town.
What county Morton is in
All of Morton's residents live in Delaware County, which had 584,882 residents in 2024. Morton holds 0.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Morton
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Morton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 19070. 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 Morton is
The Census internal point of Morton is at 39.911600, -75.326800. Harrisburg, the capital, is 85.8 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Swarthmore, PA (6,596 people), 1.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Philadelphia, PA, 12.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.911600, -75.326800
- DMS
- 39°54'41.76"N 75°19'36.48"W
- UTM
- 18N 472068.5E 4417996.9N
- Geohash
- dr47jcsty
- Plus code
- 87F6WM6F+J7
Daylight in Morton
At 39.91° N, Morton gets about 15 h 00 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 20 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 40 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Morton
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Swarthmore, 1.3 miles away, with 6,596 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Morton, PA?
2,788 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 20 (0.7%) from 2,768 in July 2020.
What county is Morton in?
Delaware County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Morton?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 19070.
How far is Morton from Harrisburg?
85.8 miles (138.1 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Morton.
What is the nearest larger city to Morton?
Swarthmore, PA, with 6,596 residents, 1.3 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.
- 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.