Pennsylvania · Census place 4277272

Trafford, Pennsylvania

Trafford is a borough in 2 counties of Pennsylvania with an estimated 3,236 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 299th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,236
#299 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-2.3%
-76 people
Land area
1.5 sq mi
Density
2,232 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Trafford. Shaded: counties it spans. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

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Trafford population, 2020 to 2024

Trafford lost 76 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.3%. In the latest year it moved by -10.

3,31220203,29420213,26320223,24620233,2362024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,317. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Trafford covers 1.45 square miles of land, for 2,232 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Trafford is less dense than the typical town.

The 2 counties Trafford spans

Trafford crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 3,236 residents as follows; Westmoreland County holds 97.2% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

  1. 01Westmoreland County3,147
  2. 02Allegheny County89
Residents inside each county, Census Vintage 2024 county-part estimates (SUMLEV 157).

ZIP codes in Trafford

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Trafford by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 15085. 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 Trafford is

The Census internal point of Trafford is at 40.384600, -79.757600. Harrisburg, the capital, is 151.6 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Monroeville, PA (27,966 people), 2.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 12.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.384600, -79.757600
DMS
40°23'4.56"N 79°45'27.36"W
UTM
17N 605454.9E 4471186.3N
Geohash
dppm9pf33
Plus code
87G296MR+RX

Daylight in Trafford

At 40.38° N, Trafford gets about 15 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 17 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 46 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Trafford

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Pitcairn, 1.9 miles away, with 2,984 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Trafford, PA?

3,236 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 76 (2.3%) from 3,312 in July 2020.

What county is Trafford in?

It spans 2 counties: Westmoreland County (3,147 residents), Allegheny County (89 residents).

What ZIP codes cover Trafford?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 15085.

How far is Trafford from Harrisburg?

151.6 miles (244.0 km) in a straight line, heading E from Trafford.

What is the nearest larger city to Trafford?

Monroeville, PA, with 27,966 residents, 2.9 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.