Pennsylvania · Census place 4258696

Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania

Pen Argyl is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 3,484 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 281st largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,484
#281 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-0.9%
-32 people
Land area
1.3 sq mi
+ 0.05 sq mi water
Density
2,600 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Pen Argyl. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Pen Argyl population, 2020 to 2024

Pen Argyl lost 32 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.9%. In the latest year it moved by +8.

3,51620203,50720213,48120223,47620233,4842024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,521. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Pen Argyl covers 1.34 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 2,600 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Pen Argyl is less dense than the typical town.

What county Pen Argyl is in

All of Pen Argyl's residents live in Northampton County, which had 322,989 residents in 2024. Pen Argyl holds 1.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Pen Argyl

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Pen Argyl by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 18072. 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 Pen Argyl is

The Census internal point of Pen Argyl is at 40.867800, -75.253900. Harrisburg, the capital, is 95.2 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Wind Gap, PA (3,625 people), 2.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 22.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.867800, -75.253900
DMS
40°52'4.08"N 75°15'14.04"W
UTM
18N 478604.0E 4524112.8N
Geohash
dr62rxcb1
Plus code
87G6VP9W+4C

Daylight in Pen Argyl

At 40.87° N, Pen Argyl gets about 15 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 14 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 53 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Pen Argyl

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Roseto, 1.9 miles away, with 1,564 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Pen Argyl, PA?

3,484 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 32 (0.9%) from 3,516 in July 2020.

What county is Pen Argyl in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Pen Argyl?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 18072.

How far is Pen Argyl from Harrisburg?

95.2 miles (153.2 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Pen Argyl.

What is the nearest larger city to Pen Argyl?

Wind Gap, PA, with 3,625 residents, 2.4 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.