Pennsylvania · Census place 4269216

Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania

Selinsgrove is a borough in Snyder County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 5,501 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 170th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,501
#170 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-3.7%
-209 people
Land area
1.8 sq mi
+ 0.07 sq mi water
Density
3,006 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Selinsgrove. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Selinsgrove population, 2020 to 2024

Selinsgrove lost 209 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.7%. In the latest year it moved by -10. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 180th; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Selinsgrove is 66% of it.

5,71020205,69320215,54820225,51120235,5012024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,713. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Selinsgrove covers 1.83 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 3,006 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Selinsgrove is less dense than the typical town.

What county Selinsgrove is in

All of Selinsgrove's residents live in Snyder County, which had 39,627 residents in 2024. Selinsgrove holds 13.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Selinsgrove

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Selinsgrove by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 17870. 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 Selinsgrove is

The Census internal point of Selinsgrove is at 40.800100, -76.865400. Harrisburg, the capital, is 37.1 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sunbury, PA (9,549 people), 5.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 74.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.800100, -76.865400
DMS
40°48'0.36"N 76°51'55.44"W
UTM
18N 342639.9E 4518240.8N
Geohash
dr324gkmf
Plus code
87G5R42M+2R

Daylight in Selinsgrove

At 40.80° N, Selinsgrove gets about 15 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Selinsgrove

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Shamokin Dam, 4.5 miles away, with 1,633 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Selinsgrove, PA?

5,501 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 209 (3.7%) from 5,710 in July 2020.

What county is Selinsgrove in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Selinsgrove?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 17870.

How far is Selinsgrove from Harrisburg?

37.1 miles (59.6 km) in a straight line, heading S from Selinsgrove.

What is the nearest larger city to Selinsgrove?

Sunbury, PA, with 9,549 residents, 5.9 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.