Pennsylvania · Census place 4259384

Perkasie, Pennsylvania

Perkasie is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 9,338 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 80th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
9,338
#80 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
+2.2%
+199 people
Land area
2.5 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
3,676 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Perkasie. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Perkasie population, 2020 to 2024

Perkasie added 199 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.2%. In the latest year it moved by +42. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 28th; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Perkasie is 1.1 times that size.

9,13920209,13520219,20320229,29620239,3382024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 9,115. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Perkasie covers 2.54 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 3,676 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Perkasie is close to the typical town.

What county Perkasie is in

All of Perkasie's residents live in Bucks County, which had 650,131 residents in 2024. Perkasie holds 1.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Perkasie

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Perkasie by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 18944. 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 Perkasie is

The Census internal point of Perkasie is at 40.371700, -75.292800. Harrisburg, the capital, is 84.2 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lansdale, PA (19,154 people), 9.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 18.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.371700, -75.292800
DMS
40°22'18.12"N 75°17'34.08"W
UTM
18N 475142.7E 4469054.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
87G69PC4+MV

Daylight in Perkasie

At 40.37° N, Perkasie gets about 15 h 03 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 17 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 46 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Perkasie

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Sellersville, 1.1 miles away, with 4,538 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Perkasie, PA?

9,338 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 199 (2.2%) from 9,139 in July 2020.

What county is Perkasie in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Perkasie?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 18944.

How far is Perkasie from Harrisburg?

84.2 miles (135.4 km) in a straight line, heading W from Perkasie.

What is the nearest larger city to Perkasie?

Lansdale, PA, with 19,154 residents, 9.0 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.