Pennsylvania · Census place 4270880

Sinking Spring, Pennsylvania

Sinking Spring is a borough in Berks County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 4,327 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 229th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 4,327; #229 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020: +1.2%; +52 people
Land area: 1.2 sq mi
Density: 3,490 / sq mi; State median 3,911

Orange pin: Sinking Spring. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

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Sinking Spring population, 2020 to 2024

Sinking Spring added 52 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.2%. In the latest year it moved by +29.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,280. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Sinking Spring covers 1.24 square miles of land, for 3,490 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Sinking Spring is less dense than the typical town.

What county Sinking Spring is in

All of Sinking Spring's residents live in Berks County, which had 439,117 residents in 2024. Sinking Spring holds 1.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Sinking Spring

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Sinking Spring by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 19608. 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 Sinking Spring is

The Census internal point of Sinking Spring is at 40.324700, -76.022500. Harrisburg, the capital, is 45.6 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Wyomissing, PA (11,292 people), 3.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 34.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 40.324700, -76.022500
DMS: 40°19'28.92"N 76°01'21.00"W
UTM: 18N 413133.8E 4464298.4N
Geohash: dr1vqhfh7
Plus code: 87G58XFH+V2

Daylight in Sinking Spring

At 40.32° N, Sinking Spring 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 Sinking Spring

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Wyomissing, 3.1 miles away, with 11,292 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Sinking Spring, PA?

4,327 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 52 (1.2%) from 4,275 in July 2020.

What county is Sinking Spring in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Sinking Spring?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 19608.

How far is Sinking Spring from Harrisburg?

45.6 miles (73.4 km) in a straight line, heading W from Sinking Spring.

What is the nearest larger city to Sinking Spring?

Wyomissing, PA, with 11,292 residents, 3.0 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.