Pennsylvania · Census place 4264560

Richland, Pennsylvania

Richland is a borough in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 1,513 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 492nd largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,513
#492 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
+1.4%
+21 people
Land area
1.4 sq mi
Density
1,088 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Richland. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Measure from here

Tools and pages that start from Richland

Richland population, 2020 to 2024

Richland added 21 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.4%. In the latest year it moved by +12.

1,49220201,49520211,49420221,50120231,5132024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,491. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Richland covers 1.39 square miles of land, for 1,088 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Richland is less dense than the typical town.

What county Richland is in

All of Richland's residents live in Lebanon County, which had 145,319 residents in 2024. Richland holds 1.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Richland

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Richland by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 17087. 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 Richland is

The Census internal point of Richland is at 40.357400, -76.256900. Harrisburg, the capital, is 33.7 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Myerstown, PA (3,143 people), 2.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 44.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.357400, -76.256900
DMS
40°21'26.64"N 76°15'24.84"W
UTM
18N 393271.4E 4468184.5N
Geohash
dr1v8dz6v
Plus code
87G59P4V+X6

Daylight in Richland

At 40.36° N, Richland 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 Richland

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Myerstown, 2.8 miles away, with 3,143 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Richland, PA?

1,513 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 21 (1.4%) from 1,492 in July 2020.

What county is Richland in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Richland?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 17087.

How far is Richland from Harrisburg?

33.7 miles (54.2 km) in a straight line, heading W from Richland.

What is the nearest larger city to Richland?

Myerstown, PA, with 3,143 residents, 2.7 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.