Pennsylvania · Census place 4254696
Northampton, Pennsylvania
Northampton is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 10,587 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 64th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 10,587
- #64 of 597 in Pennsylvania
- Change since 2020
- +2.1%
- +218 people
- Land area
- 2.5 sq mi
- + 0.17 sq mi water
- Density
- 4,286 / sq mi
- State median 3,911
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Northampton population, 2020 to 2024
Northampton added 218 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.1%. In the latest year it moved by +162. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 31st; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Northampton is 1.3 times that size.
Northampton covers 2.47 square miles of land and 0.17 of water, for 4,286 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Northampton is close to the typical town.
What county Northampton is in
All of Northampton's residents live in Northampton County, which had 322,989 residents in 2024. Northampton holds 3.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Northampton
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Northampton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 18067. 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 Northampton is
The Census internal point of Northampton is at 40.688200, -75.487400. Harrisburg, the capital, is 79.0 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Allentown, PA (127,138 people), 6.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.688200, -75.487400
- DMS
- 40°41'17.52"N 75°29'14.64"W
- UTM
- 18N 458816.3E 4504259.4N
- Geohash
- dr4r6ppcb
- Plus code
- 87G6MGQ7+72
Daylight in Northampton
At 40.69° N, Northampton 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 50 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Northampton
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Coplay, 1.3 miles away, with 3,555 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Northampton, PA?
10,587 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 218 (2.1%) from 10,369 in July 2020.
What county is Northampton in?
Northampton County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Northampton?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 18067.
How far is Northampton from Harrisburg?
79.0 miles (127.2 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Northampton.
What is the nearest larger city to Northampton?
Allentown, PA, with 127,138 residents, 6.5 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.