Pennsylvania · Census place 4253920

New Oxford, Pennsylvania

New Oxford is a borough in Adams County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 1,921 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 438th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,921
#438 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
+2.8%
+53 people
Land area
0.6 sq mi
Density
3,098 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: New Oxford. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

New Oxford population, 2020 to 2024

New Oxford added 53 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.8%. In the latest year it moved by +17.

1,86820201,87820211,88620221,90420231,9212024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,868. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

New Oxford covers 0.62 square miles of land, for 3,098 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so New Oxford is less dense than the typical town.

What county New Oxford is in

All of New Oxford's residents live in Adams County, which had 107,914 residents in 2024. New Oxford 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 New Oxford

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps New Oxford by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 17350. 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 Oxford is

The Census internal point of New Oxford is at 39.863000, -77.055500. Harrisburg, the capital, is 29.2 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is McSherrystown, PA (3,161 people), 4.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Baltimore, MD, 45.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.863000, -77.055500
DMS
39°51'46.80"N 77°03'19.80"W
UTM
18N 324186.2E 4414573.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
87F4VW7V+6R

Daylight in New Oxford

At 39.86° N, New Oxford gets about 15 h 00 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 21 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 New Oxford

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Abbottstown, 3.6 miles away, with 1,047 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of New Oxford, PA?

1,921 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 53 (2.8%) from 1,868 in July 2020.

What county is New Oxford in?

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

What ZIP codes cover New Oxford?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 17350.

How far is New Oxford from Harrisburg?

29.2 miles (46.9 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from New Oxford.

What is the nearest larger city to New Oxford?

McSherrystown, PA, with 3,161 residents, 4.5 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.