Pennsylvania · Census place 4253464

New Cumberland, Pennsylvania

New Cumberland is a borough in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 7,625 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 111th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
7,625
#111 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
+1.4%
+105 people
Land area
1.7 sq mi
Density
4,539 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: New Cumberland. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

New Cumberland population, 2020 to 2024

New Cumberland added 105 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.4%. In the latest year it moved by +39. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 48th; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so New Cumberland is 91% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 7,517. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

New Cumberland covers 1.68 square miles of land, for 4,539 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so New Cumberland is denser than the typical town.

What county New Cumberland is in

All of New Cumberland's residents live in Cumberland County, which had 275,516 residents in 2024. New Cumberland holds 2.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in New Cumberland

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps New Cumberland by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 17070. 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 Cumberland is

The Census internal point of New Cumberland is at 40.228800, -76.878300. Harrisburg, the capital, is 2.5 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Camp Hill, PA (8,231 people), 2.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Baltimore, MD, 65.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.228800, -76.878300
DMS
40°13'43.68"N 76°52'41.88"W
UTM
18N 340200.5E 4454844.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
87G564HC+GM

Daylight in New Cumberland

At 40.23° N, New Cumberland gets about 15 h 03 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 18 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 44 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near New Cumberland

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Lemoyne, 1.5 miles away, with 4,824 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of New Cumberland, PA?

7,625 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 105 (1.4%) from 7,520 in July 2020.

What county is New Cumberland in?

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

What ZIP codes cover New Cumberland?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 17070.

How far is New Cumberland from Harrisburg?

2.5 miles (3.9 km) in a straight line, heading N from New Cumberland.

What is the nearest larger city to New Cumberland?

Camp Hill, PA, with 8,231 residents, 2.7 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.