Steelton, Pennsylvania

Steelton population, 2020 to 2024

Steelton added 93 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.5%. In the latest year it moved by +13. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 44th; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Steelton is 76% of it.

Steelton covers 1.90 square miles of land, for 3,346 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Steelton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Steelton is in

All of Steelton's residents live in Dauphin County, which had 293,029 residents in 2024. Steelton holds 2.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Steelton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Steelton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 17113. 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 Steelton is

The Census internal point of Steelton is at 40.225800, -76.825400. Harrisburg, the capital, is 4.1 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is New Cumberland, PA (7,625 people), 2.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Baltimore, MD, 65.0 miles away.

Daylight in Steelton

At 40.23° N, Steelton gets about 15 h 02 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 18 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 44 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Steelton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Highspire, 2.4 miles away, with 2,734 people.