Pennsylvania · Census place 4253184

New Beaver, Pennsylvania

New Beaver is a borough in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 1,342 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 529th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,342
#529 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-2.0%
-27 people
Land area
14.5 sq mi
+ 0.12 sq mi water
Density
93 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: New Beaver. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

New Beaver population, 2020 to 2024

New Beaver lost 27 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.0%. In the latest year it moved by -1.

1,36920201,36220211,34820221,34320231,3422024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,371. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

New Beaver covers 14.45 square miles of land and 0.12 of water, for 93 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so New Beaver is less dense than the typical town.

What county New Beaver is in

All of New Beaver's residents live in Lawrence County, which had 84,233 residents in 2024. New Beaver holds 1.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in New Beaver

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap New Beaver by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 16141, 16157. 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 New Beaver is

The Census internal point of New Beaver is at 40.880700, -80.381400. Harrisburg, the capital, is 188.4 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Big Beaver, PA (1,832 people), 4.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 37.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.880700, -80.381400
DMS
40°52'50.52"N 80°22'53.04"W
UTM
17N 552119.0E 4525697.9N
Geohash
dpqbdfh53
Plus code
86GXVJJ9+7C

Daylight in New Beaver

At 40.88° N, New Beaver gets about 15 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 14 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 53 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near New Beaver

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Big Beaver, 4.2 miles away, with 1,832 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of New Beaver, PA?

1,342 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 27 (2.0%) from 1,369 in July 2020.

What county is New Beaver in?

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

What ZIP codes cover New Beaver?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 16141, 16157.

How far is New Beaver from Harrisburg?

188.4 miles (303.2 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from New Beaver.

What is the nearest larger city to New Beaver?

Big Beaver, PA, with 1,832 residents, 4.2 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.