Pennsylvania · Census place 4251912

Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania

Mount Pocono is a borough in Monroe County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 3,039 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 317th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,039
#317 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-1.6%
-50 people
Land area
3.5 sq mi
Density
881 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Mount Pocono. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Mount Pocono population, 2020 to 2024

Mount Pocono lost 50 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.6%. In the latest year it moved by -4.

3,08920203,11020213,07020223,04320233,0392024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,090. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Mount Pocono covers 3.45 square miles of land, for 881 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Mount Pocono is less dense than the typical town.

What county Mount Pocono is in

All of Mount Pocono's residents live in Monroe County, which had 166,523 residents in 2024. Mount Pocono holds 1.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Mount Pocono

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Mount Pocono by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 18344. 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 Mount Pocono is

The Census internal point of Mount Pocono is at 41.122500, -75.357800. Harrisburg, the capital, is 99.6 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is East Stroudsburg, PA (9,445 people), 12.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 37.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.122500, -75.357800
DMS
41°07'21.00"N 75°21'28.08"W
UTM
18N 469964.2E 4552417.5N
Geohash
dr63vnn5g
Plus code
87H64JFR+2V

Daylight in Mount Pocono

At 41.12° N, Mount Pocono gets about 15 h 09 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 13 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 56 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Mount Pocono

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is East Stroudsburg, 12.7 miles away, with 9,445 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Mount Pocono, PA?

3,039 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 50 (1.6%) from 3,089 in July 2020.

What county is Mount Pocono in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Mount Pocono?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 18344.

How far is Mount Pocono from Harrisburg?

99.6 miles (160.2 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Mount Pocono.

What is the nearest larger city to Mount Pocono?

East Stroudsburg, PA, with 9,445 residents, 12.7 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.