Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania

Punxsutawney population, 2020 to 2024

Punxsutawney lost 184 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.2%. In the latest year it moved by -33. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 168th; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Punxsutawney is 67% of it.

Punxsutawney covers 3.37 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 1,658 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Punxsutawney is less dense than the typical town.

What county Punxsutawney is in

All of Punxsutawney's residents live in Jefferson County, which had 43,367 residents in 2024. Punxsutawney holds 12.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Punxsutawney

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Punxsutawney by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 15767. 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 Punxsutawney is

The Census internal point of Punxsutawney is at 40.943700, -78.974800. Harrisburg, the capital, is 119.3 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is DuBois, PA (7,302 people), 16.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 62.9 miles away.

Daylight in Punxsutawney

At 40.94° N, Punxsutawney 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 54 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Punxsutawney

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Sykesville, 11.0 miles away, with 1,082 people.