Pennsylvania · Census place 4272344

Southmont, Pennsylvania

Southmont is a borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 1,985 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 429th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,985
#429 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-2.8%
-58 people
Land area
1.1 sq mi
Density
1,890 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Southmont. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Southmont population, 2020 to 2024

Southmont lost 58 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.8%. In the latest year it moved by -11.

2,04320202,02720212,01120221,99620231,9852024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,047. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Southmont covers 1.05 square miles of land, for 1,890 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Southmont is less dense than the typical town.

What county Southmont is in

All of Southmont's residents live in Cambria County, which had 130,108 residents in 2024. Southmont holds 1.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Southmont

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Southmont by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 15905. 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 Southmont is

The Census internal point of Southmont is at 40.310800, -78.932700. Harrisburg, the capital, is 108.0 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Westmont, PA (4,795 people), 1.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 55.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.310800, -78.932700
DMS
40°18'38.88"N 78°55'57.72"W
UTM
17N 675667.7E 4464304.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
87G38368+8W

Daylight in Southmont

At 40.31° N, Southmont 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 Southmont

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Westmont, 1.2 miles away, with 4,795 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Southmont, PA?

1,985 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 58 (2.8%) from 2,043 in July 2020.

What county is Southmont in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Southmont?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 15905.

How far is Southmont from Harrisburg?

108.0 miles (173.8 km) in a straight line, heading E from Southmont.

What is the nearest larger city to Southmont?

Westmont, PA, with 4,795 residents, 1.2 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.