State College, Pennsylvania

State College population, 2020 to 2024

State College added 524 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.3%. In the latest year it moved by -39. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 52nd; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so State College is 4.9 times that size.

State College covers 4.58 square miles of land, for 9,002 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so State College is denser than the typical town.

What county State College is in

All of State College's residents live in Centre County, which had 159,805 residents in 2024. State College holds 25.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in State College

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap State College by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 16801, 16802, 16803. 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 State College is

The Census internal point of State College is at 40.791000, -77.856800. Harrisburg, the capital, is 62.7 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Altoona, PA (42,719 people), 34.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 113.8 miles away.

Daylight in State College

At 40.79° N, State College 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 State College

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Bellefonte, 9.7 miles away, with 5,986 people.