Pennsylvania · Census place 4276304

Telford, Pennsylvania

Telford is a borough in 2 counties of Pennsylvania with an estimated 4,977 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 195th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,977
#195 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
+1.0%
+48 people
Land area
1.0 sq mi
Density
4,928 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Telford. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Telford population, 2020 to 2024

Telford added 48 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +65.

4,92920204,92820214,91120224,91220234,9772024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,932. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Telford covers 1.01 square miles of land, for 4,928 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Telford is denser than the typical town.

The 2 counties Telford spans

Telford crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 4,977 residents as follows; Montgomery County holds 55.7% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Montgomery County2,772
  2. 02Bucks County2,205
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Telford

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Telford by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 18969. 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 Telford is

The Census internal point of Telford is at 40.325600, -75.327300. Harrisburg, the capital, is 82.1 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Souderton, PA (7,274 people), 1.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 20.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.325600, -75.327300
DMS
40°19'32.16"N 75°19'38.28"W
UTM
18N 472194.9E 4463948.0N
Geohash
dr4mmvh3d
Plus code
87G68MGF+63

Daylight in Telford

At 40.33° N, Telford 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 Telford

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Souderton, 1.0 miles away, with 7,274 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Telford, PA?

4,977 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 48 (1.0%) from 4,929 in July 2020.

What county is Telford in?

It spans 2 counties: Montgomery County (2,772 residents), Bucks County (2,205 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Telford?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 18969.

How far is Telford from Harrisburg?

82.1 miles (132.2 km) in a straight line, heading W from Telford.

What is the nearest larger city to Telford?

Souderton, PA, with 7,274 residents, 1.1 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.