Pennsylvania · Census place 4274888

Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania

Stroudsburg is a borough in Monroe County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 5,819 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 156th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,819
#156 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-2.0%
-120 people
Land area
1.7 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
3,364 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Stroudsburg. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Stroudsburg population, 2020 to 2024

Stroudsburg lost 120 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.0%. In the latest year it moved by -19. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 133rd; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Stroudsburg is 70% of it.

5,93920205,97020215,89620225,83820235,8192024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,941. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Stroudsburg covers 1.73 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 3,364 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Stroudsburg is less dense than the typical town.

What county Stroudsburg is in

All of Stroudsburg's residents live in Monroe County, which had 166,523 residents in 2024. Stroudsburg holds 3.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Stroudsburg

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Stroudsburg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 18360. 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 Stroudsburg is

The Census internal point of Stroudsburg is at 40.983200, -75.194300. Harrisburg, the capital, is 101.6 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is East Stroudsburg, PA (9,445 people), 1.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 30.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.983200, -75.194300
DMS
40°58'59.52"N 75°11'39.48"W
UTM
18N 483654.9E 4536910.3N
Geohash
dr690uv0m
Plus code
87G6XRM4+77

Daylight in Stroudsburg

At 40.98° N, Stroudsburg gets about 15 h 08 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 14 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 54 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Stroudsburg

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is East Stroudsburg, 1.9 miles away, with 9,445 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Stroudsburg, PA?

5,819 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 120 (2.0%) from 5,939 in July 2020.

What county is Stroudsburg in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Stroudsburg?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 18360.

How far is Stroudsburg from Harrisburg?

101.6 miles (163.5 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Stroudsburg.

What is the nearest larger city to Stroudsburg?

East Stroudsburg, PA, with 9,445 residents, 1.9 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.