Pennsylvania · Census place 4275888
Sykesville, Pennsylvania
Sykesville is a borough in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 1,082 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 581st largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,082
- #581 of 597 in Pennsylvania
- Change since 2020
- -2.6%
- -29 people
- Land area
- 1.6 sq mi
- Density
- 685 / sq mi
- State median 3,911
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Sykesville population, 2020 to 2024
Sykesville lost 29 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.6%. In the latest year it moved by -8.
Sykesville covers 1.58 square miles of land, for 685 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Sykesville is less dense than the typical town.
What county Sykesville is in
All of Sykesville's residents live in Jefferson County, which had 43,367 residents in 2024. Sykesville holds 2.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Sykesville
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Sykesville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 15865. 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 Sykesville is
The Census internal point of Sykesville is at 41.044700, -78.811200. Harrisburg, the capital, is 114.5 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Reynoldsville, PA (2,482 people), 5.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 73.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 41.044700, -78.811200
- DMS
- 41°02'40.92"N 78°48'40.32"W
- UTM
- 17N 683963.3E 4546027.2N
- Geohash
- dprcqxgqt
- Plus code
- 87H325VQ+VG
Daylight in Sykesville
At 41.04° N, Sykesville gets about 15 h 08 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 13 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 55 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Sykesville
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Reynoldsville, 5.3 miles away, with 2,482 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Sykesville, PA?
1,082 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 29 (2.6%) from 1,111 in July 2020.
What county is Sykesville in?
Jefferson County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Sykesville?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 15865.
How far is Sykesville from Harrisburg?
114.5 miles (184.3 km) in a straight line, heading ESE from Sykesville.
What is the nearest larger city to Sykesville?
Reynoldsville, PA, with 2,482 residents, 5.3 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.