Pennsylvania · Census place 4268096
Sayre, Pennsylvania
Sayre is a borough in Bradford County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 5,394 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 175th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 5,394
- #175 of 597 in Pennsylvania
- Change since 2020
- -1.2%
- -68 people
- Land area
- 2.0 sq mi
- Density
- 2,670 / sq mi
- State median 3,911
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Sayre population, 2020 to 2024
Sayre lost 68 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.2%. In the latest year it moved by -7. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 120th; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Sayre is 64% of it.
Sayre covers 2.02 square miles of land, for 2,670 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Sayre is less dense than the typical town.
What county Sayre is in
All of Sayre's residents live in Bradford County, which had 59,699 residents in 2024. Sayre holds 9.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Sayre
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Sayre by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 18840. 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 Sayre is
The Census internal point of Sayre is at 41.985700, -76.520800. Harrisburg, the capital, is 120.5 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Elmira, NY (26,255 people), 16.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Syracuse, NY, 75.4 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 41.985700, -76.520800
- DMS
- 41°59'8.52"N 76°31'14.88"W
- UTM
- 18N 374021.2E 4649307.1N
- Geohash
- dr3wfer22
- Plus code
- 87H5XFPH+7M
Daylight in Sayre
At 41.99° N, Sayre gets about 15 h 15 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 07 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 07 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Sayre
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is South Waverly, 1.3 miles away, with 1,068 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Sayre, PA?
5,394 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 68 (1.2%) from 5,462 in July 2020.
What county is Sayre in?
Bradford County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Sayre?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 18840.
How far is Sayre from Harrisburg?
120.5 miles (193.8 km) in a straight line, heading S from Sayre.
What is the nearest larger city to Sayre?
Elmira, NY, with 26,255 residents, 16.6 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.
- 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.