Pennsylvania · Census place 4270248

Shillington, Pennsylvania

Shillington is a borough in Berks County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 5,533 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 168th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,533
#168 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
+1.2%
+64 people
Land area
1.0 sq mi
Density
5,533 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Shillington. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Shillington population, 2020 to 2024

Shillington added 64 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.2%. In the latest year it moved by +38. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 57th; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Shillington is 66% of it.

5,46920205,46420215,46720225,49520235,5332024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,475. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Shillington covers 1.00 square miles of land, for 5,533 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Shillington is denser than the typical town.

What county Shillington is in

All of Shillington's residents live in Berks County, which had 439,117 residents in 2024. Shillington holds 1.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Shillington

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Shillington by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 19607. 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 Shillington is

The Census internal point of Shillington is at 40.302600, -75.967100. Harrisburg, the capital, is 48.4 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Wyomissing, PA (11,292 people), 2.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 32.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.302600, -75.967100
DMS
40°18'9.36"N 75°58'1.56"W
UTM
18N 417813.5E 4461792.4N
Geohash
dr1vr2f7w
Plus code
87G6823M+25

Daylight in Shillington

At 40.30° N, Shillington 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 45 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Shillington

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Kenhorst, 1.3 miles away, with 3,034 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Shillington, PA?

5,533 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 64 (1.2%) from 5,469 in July 2020.

What county is Shillington in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Shillington?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 19607.

How far is Shillington from Harrisburg?

48.4 miles (77.9 km) in a straight line, heading W from Shillington.

What is the nearest larger city to Shillington?

Wyomissing, PA, with 11,292 residents, 2.2 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.