Pennsylvania · Census place 4253944

New Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

New Philadelphia is a borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 1,067 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 586th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,067
#586 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
+1.0%
+11 people
Land area
1.5 sq mi
Density
707 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: New Philadelphia. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

New Philadelphia population, 2020 to 2024

New Philadelphia added 11 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +3.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,057. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

New Philadelphia covers 1.51 square miles of land, for 707 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so New Philadelphia is less dense than the typical town.

What county New Philadelphia is in

All of New Philadelphia's residents live in Schuylkill County, which had 144,523 residents in 2024. New Philadelphia holds 0.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in New Philadelphia

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps New Philadelphia by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 17959. 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 Philadelphia is

The Census internal point of New Philadelphia is at 40.717800, -76.116700. Harrisburg, the capital, is 51.1 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Port Carbon, PA (1,810 people), 3.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 34.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.717800, -76.116700
DMS
40°43'4.08"N 76°07'0.12"W
UTM
18N 405683.5E 4508030.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
87G5PV9M+48

Daylight in New Philadelphia

At 40.72° N, New Philadelphia gets about 15 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 51 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near New Philadelphia

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Port Carbon, 3.0 miles away, with 1,810 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of New Philadelphia, PA?

1,067 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 11 (1.0%) from 1,056 in July 2020.

What county is New Philadelphia in?

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

What ZIP codes cover New Philadelphia?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 17959.

How far is New Philadelphia from Harrisburg?

51.1 miles (82.2 km) in a straight line, heading SW from New Philadelphia.

What is the nearest larger city to New Philadelphia?

Port Carbon, PA, with 1,810 residents, 3.0 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.