Pennsylvania · Census place 4265256

Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania

Roaring Spring is a borough in Blair County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 2,297 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 395th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,297
#395 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-2.9%
-68 people
Land area
0.8 sq mi
Density
2,836 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Roaring Spring. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

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Roaring Spring population, 2020 to 2024

Roaring Spring lost 68 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.9%. In the latest year it moved by -10.

2,36520202,34520212,31920222,30720232,2972024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,369. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Roaring Spring covers 0.81 square miles of land, for 2,836 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Roaring Spring is less dense than the typical town.

What county Roaring Spring is in

All of Roaring Spring's residents live in Blair County, which had 120,269 residents in 2024. Roaring Spring holds 1.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Roaring Spring

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Roaring Spring by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 16673. 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 Roaring Spring is

The Census internal point of Roaring Spring is at 40.334800, -78.396000. Harrisburg, the capital, is 79.8 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hollidaysburg, PA (5,537 people), 6.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 83.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.334800, -78.396000
DMS
40°20'5.28"N 78°23'45.60"W
UTM
17N 721199.8E 4468172.5N
Geohash
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Plus code
87G38JM3+WH

Daylight in Roaring Spring

At 40.33° N, Roaring Spring gets about 15 h 03 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 18 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 Roaring Spring

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Martinsburg, 4.1 miles away, with 1,823 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Roaring Spring, PA?

2,297 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 68 (2.9%) from 2,365 in July 2020.

What county is Roaring Spring in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Roaring Spring?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 16673.

How far is Roaring Spring from Harrisburg?

79.8 miles (128.5 km) in a straight line, heading E from Roaring Spring.

What is the nearest larger city to Roaring Spring?

Hollidaysburg, PA, with 5,537 residents, 6.6 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.