Pennsylvania · Census place 4254184

Newtown, Pennsylvania

Newtown is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 2,272 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 398th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,272
#398 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
+0.4%
+10 people
Land area
0.6 sq mi
Density
4,131 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Newtown. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

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Newtown population, 2020 to 2024

Newtown added 10 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.4%. In the latest year it moved by +9.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,264. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Newtown covers 0.55 square miles of land, for 4,131 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Newtown is close to the typical town.

What county Newtown is in

All of Newtown's residents live in Bucks County, which had 650,131 residents in 2024. Newtown holds 0.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Newtown

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Newtown by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 18940. 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 Newtown is

The Census internal point of Newtown is at 40.228300, -74.932300. Harrisburg, the capital, is 103.0 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Yardley, PA (2,591 people), 5.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Philadelphia, PA, 18.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.228300, -74.932300
DMS
40°13'41.88"N 74°55'56.28"W
UTM
18N 505759.6E 4453099.0N
Geohash
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Plus code
87G763H9+83

Daylight in Newtown

At 40.23° N, Newtown 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 Newtown

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Langhorne, 3.5 miles away, with 1,634 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Newtown, PA?

2,272 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 10 (0.4%) from 2,262 in July 2020.

What county is Newtown in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Newtown?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 18940.

How far is Newtown from Harrisburg?

103.0 miles (165.7 km) in a straight line, heading W from Newtown.

What is the nearest larger city to Newtown?

Yardley, PA, with 2,591 residents, 5.0 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.