Pennsylvania · Census place 4269776

Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania

Sharpsburg is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 3,063 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 316th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,063
#316 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-3.7%
-118 people
Land area
0.5 sq mi
+ 0.15 sq mi water
Density
6,381 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Sharpsburg. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

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Sharpsburg population, 2020 to 2024

Sharpsburg lost 118 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.7%. In the latest year it moved by -15.

3,18120203,14720213,10520223,07820233,0632024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,186. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Sharpsburg covers 0.48 square miles of land and 0.15 of water, for 6,381 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Sharpsburg is denser than the typical town.

What county Sharpsburg is in

All of Sharpsburg's residents live in Allegheny County, which had 1,231,814 residents in 2024. Sharpsburg holds 0.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Sharpsburg

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Sharpsburg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 15215. 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 Sharpsburg is

The Census internal point of Sharpsburg is at 40.493200, -79.921500. Harrisburg, the capital, is 160.6 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Etna, PA (3,304 people), 1.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 4.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.493200, -79.921500
DMS
40°29'35.52"N 79°55'17.40"W
UTM
17N 591395.5E 4483058.5N
Geohash
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Plus code
87G2F3VH+7C

Daylight in Sharpsburg

At 40.49° N, Sharpsburg gets about 15 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 17 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 48 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Sharpsburg

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Aspinwall, 1.0 miles away, with 2,803 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Sharpsburg, PA?

3,063 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 118 (3.7%) from 3,181 in July 2020.

What county is Sharpsburg in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Sharpsburg?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 15215.

How far is Sharpsburg from Harrisburg?

160.6 miles (258.5 km) in a straight line, heading E from Sharpsburg.

What is the nearest larger city to Sharpsburg?

Etna, PA, with 3,304 residents, 1.5 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.