Pennsylvania · Census place 4260712
Pitcairn, Pennsylvania
Pitcairn is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 2,984 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 323rd largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,984
- #323 of 597 in Pennsylvania
- Change since 2020
- -3.8%
- -117 people
- Land area
- 0.5 sq mi
- Density
- 5,851 / sq mi
- State median 3,911
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Pitcairn population, 2020 to 2024
Pitcairn lost 117 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.8%. In the latest year it moved by -15.
Pitcairn covers 0.51 square miles of land, for 5,851 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Pitcairn is denser than the typical town.
What county Pitcairn is in
All of Pitcairn's residents live in Allegheny County, which had 1,231,814 residents in 2024. Pitcairn holds 0.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Pitcairn
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Pitcairn by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 15140, 15146. 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 Pitcairn is
The Census internal point of Pitcairn is at 40.407800, -79.776400. Harrisburg, the capital, is 152.7 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Monroeville, PA (27,966 people), 1.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 10.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.407800, -79.776400
- DMS
- 40°24'28.08"N 79°46'35.04"W
- UTM
- 17N 603823.4E 4473739.3N
- Geohash
- dppmbsh87
- Plus code
- 87G2C65F+4C
Daylight in Pitcairn
At 40.41° N, Pitcairn gets about 15 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 17 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 47 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Pitcairn
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Monroeville, 1.5 miles away, with 27,966 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Pitcairn, PA?
2,984 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 117 (3.8%) from 3,101 in July 2020.
What county is Pitcairn in?
Allegheny County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Pitcairn?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 15140, 15146.
How far is Pitcairn from Harrisburg?
152.7 miles (245.7 km) in a straight line, heading E from Pitcairn.
What is the nearest larger city to Pitcairn?
Monroeville, PA, with 27,966 residents, 1.5 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.