Pennsylvania · Census place 4270568

Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania

Shrewsbury is a borough in York County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 3,969 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 258th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,969
#258 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
+3.4%
+129 people
Land area
1.8 sq mi
Density
2,193 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Shrewsbury. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

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Shrewsbury population, 2020 to 2024

Shrewsbury added 129 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +3.4%. In the latest year it moved by +49.

3,84020203,84720213,84920223,92020233,9692024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,841. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Shrewsbury covers 1.81 square miles of land, for 2,193 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Shrewsbury is less dense than the typical town.

What county Shrewsbury is in

All of Shrewsbury's residents live in York County, which had 471,240 residents in 2024. Shrewsbury holds 0.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Shrewsbury

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Shrewsbury by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 17361. 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 Shrewsbury is

The Census internal point of Shrewsbury is at 39.771300, -76.679900. Harrisburg, the capital, is 35.7 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is New Freedom, PA (5,131 people), 2.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Baltimore, MD, 32.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.771300, -76.679900
DMS
39°46'16.68"N 76°40'47.64"W
UTM
18N 356123.2E 4403723.8N
Geohash
dr16r05ks
Plus code
87F5Q8CC+G2

Daylight in Shrewsbury

At 39.77° N, Shrewsbury gets about 15 h 00 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 21 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 38 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Shrewsbury

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is New Freedom, 2.6 miles away, with 5,131 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Shrewsbury, PA?

3,969 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 129 (3.4%) from 3,840 in July 2020.

What county is Shrewsbury in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Shrewsbury?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 17361.

How far is Shrewsbury from Harrisburg?

35.7 miles (57.5 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Shrewsbury.

What is the nearest larger city to Shrewsbury?

New Freedom, PA, with 5,131 residents, 2.7 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.