Pennsylvania · Census place 4262752
Prospect, Pennsylvania
Prospect is a borough in Butler County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 1,082 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 580th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,082
- #580 of 597 in Pennsylvania
- Change since 2020
- -3.4%
- -38 people
- Land area
- 4.1 sq mi
- Density
- 265 / sq mi
- State median 3,911
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Prospect population, 2020 to 2024
Prospect lost 38 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.4%. In the latest year it moved by -8.
Prospect covers 4.08 square miles of land, for 265 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Prospect is less dense than the typical town.
What county Prospect is in
All of Prospect's residents live in Butler County, which had 199,341 residents in 2024. Prospect holds 0.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Prospect
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Prospect by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 16052. 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 Prospect is
The Census internal point of Prospect is at 40.899200, -80.048600. Harrisburg, the capital, is 171.8 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Butler, PA (13,010 people), 8.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 31.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.899200, -80.048600
- DMS
- 40°53'57.12"N 80°02'54.96"W
- UTM
- 17N 580136.5E 4528003.0N
- Geohash
- dpr0dmqrh
- Plus code
- 86GXVXX2+MH
Daylight in Prospect
At 40.90° N, Prospect 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 Prospect
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Butler, 8.4 miles away, with 13,010 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Prospect, PA?
1,082 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 38 (3.4%) from 1,120 in July 2020.
What county is Prospect in?
Butler County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Prospect?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 16052.
How far is Prospect from Harrisburg?
171.8 miles (276.4 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Prospect.
What is the nearest larger city to Prospect?
Butler, PA, with 13,010 residents, 8.4 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.
- 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.