Pennsylvania · Census place 4258504
Paxtang, Pennsylvania
Paxtang is a borough in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 1,640 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 476th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,640
- #476 of 597 in Pennsylvania
- Change since 2020
- -0.2%
- -3 people
- Land area
- 0.4 sq mi
- Density
- 4,000 / sq mi
- State median 3,911
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Paxtang population, 2020 to 2024
Paxtang lost 3 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.2%. In the latest year it moved by +2.
Paxtang covers 0.41 square miles of land, for 4,000 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Paxtang is close to the typical town.
What county Paxtang is in
All of Paxtang's residents live in Dauphin County, which had 293,029 residents in 2024. Paxtang holds 0.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Paxtang
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Paxtang by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 17111. 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 Paxtang is
The Census internal point of Paxtang is at 40.262300, -76.834200. Harrisburg, the capital, is 2.6 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Penbrook, PA (3,263 people), 1.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Baltimore, MD, 67.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.262300, -76.834200
- DMS
- 40°15'44.28"N 76°50'3.12"W
- UTM
- 18N 344029.5E 4458484.4N
- Geohash
- dr1m59e0c
- Plus code
- 87G57568+W8
Daylight in Paxtang
At 40.26° N, Paxtang 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 45 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Paxtang
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Penbrook, 1.3 miles away, with 3,263 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Paxtang, PA?
1,640 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 3 (0.2%) from 1,643 in July 2020.
What county is Paxtang in?
Dauphin County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Paxtang?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 17111.
How far is Paxtang from Harrisburg?
2.6 miles (4.2 km) in a straight line, heading W from Paxtang.
What is the nearest larger city to Paxtang?
Penbrook, PA, with 3,263 residents, 1.3 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.