Pennsylvania · Census place 4257184

Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania

Orwigsburg is a borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 3,014 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 321st largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,014
#321 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
+0.7%
+20 people
Land area
2.2 sq mi
Density
1,389 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Orwigsburg. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

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Orwigsburg population, 2020 to 2024

Orwigsburg added 20 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.7%. In the latest year it moved by +10.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,996. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Orwigsburg covers 2.17 square miles of land, for 1,389 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Orwigsburg is less dense than the typical town.

What county Orwigsburg is in

All of Orwigsburg's residents live in Schuylkill County, which had 144,523 residents in 2024. Orwigsburg holds 2.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Orwigsburg

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Orwigsburg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 17961. 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 Orwigsburg is

The Census internal point of Orwigsburg is at 40.654200, -76.104000. Harrisburg, the capital, is 49.1 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Schuylkill Haven, PA (5,273 people), 4.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 33.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.654200, -76.104000
DMS
40°39'15.12"N 76°06'14.40"W
UTM
18N 406667.5E 4500957.0N
Geohash
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Plus code
87G5MV3W+MC

Daylight in Orwigsburg

At 40.65° N, Orwigsburg gets about 15 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 16 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 Orwigsburg

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Schuylkill Haven, 4.0 miles away, with 5,273 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Orwigsburg, PA?

3,014 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 20 (0.7%) from 2,994 in July 2020.

What county is Orwigsburg in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Orwigsburg?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 17961.

How far is Orwigsburg from Harrisburg?

49.1 miles (79.0 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Orwigsburg.

What is the nearest larger city to Orwigsburg?

Schuylkill Haven, PA, with 5,273 residents, 4.0 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)

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