Pennsylvania · Census place 4270056

Shenandoah, Pennsylvania

Shenandoah is a borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 4,156 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 241st largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,156
#241 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
+0.4%
+16 people
Land area
1.5 sq mi
+ 0.07 sq mi water
Density
2,752 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Shenandoah. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Shenandoah population, 2020 to 2024

Shenandoah added 16 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.4%. In the latest year it moved by +9.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,143. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Shenandoah covers 1.51 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 2,752 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Shenandoah is less dense than the typical town.

What county Shenandoah is in

All of Shenandoah's residents live in Schuylkill County, which had 144,523 residents in 2024. Shenandoah holds 2.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Shenandoah

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Shenandoah by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 17976. 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 Shenandoah is

The Census internal point of Shenandoah is at 40.817100, -76.200700. Harrisburg, the capital, is 52.4 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Minersville, PA (4,426 people), 9.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 40.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.817100, -76.200700
DMS
40°49'1.56"N 76°12'2.52"W
UTM
18N 398739.6E 4519147.3N
Geohash
dr3b4n82f
Plus code
87G5RQ8X+RP

Daylight in Shenandoah

At 40.82° N, Shenandoah 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 Shenandoah

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Frackville, 2.9 miles away, with 3,899 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Shenandoah, PA?

4,156 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 16 (0.4%) from 4,140 in July 2020.

What county is Shenandoah in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Shenandoah?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 17976.

How far is Shenandoah from Harrisburg?

52.4 miles (84.4 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Shenandoah.

What is the nearest larger city to Shenandoah?

Minersville, PA, with 4,426 residents, 9.3 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.