Pennsylvania · Census place 4277912

Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania

Turtle Creek is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 4,925 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 198th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,925
#198 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-3.7%
-187 people
Land area
1.0 sq mi
Density
5,077 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Turtle Creek. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Turtle Creek population, 2020 to 2024

Turtle Creek lost 187 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.7%. In the latest year it moved by -25.

5,11220205,05920214,99220224,95020234,9252024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,121. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Turtle Creek covers 0.97 square miles of land, for 5,077 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Turtle Creek is denser than the typical town.

What county Turtle Creek is in

All of Turtle Creek's residents live in Allegheny County, which had 1,231,814 residents in 2024. Turtle Creek holds 0.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Turtle Creek

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Turtle Creek by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 15145. 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 Turtle Creek is

The Census internal point of Turtle Creek is at 40.408600, -79.821500. Harrisburg, the capital, is 155.0 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Forest Hills, PA (6,186 people), 2.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 8.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.408600, -79.821500
DMS
40°24'30.96"N 79°49'17.40"W
UTM
17N 599995.4E 4473776.1N
Geohash
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Plus code
87G2C55H+C9

Daylight in Turtle Creek

At 40.41° N, Turtle Creek 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 47 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Turtle Creek

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Wilmerding, 1.2 miles away, with 1,719 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Turtle Creek, PA?

4,925 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 187 (3.7%) from 5,112 in July 2020.

What county is Turtle Creek in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Turtle Creek?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 15145.

How far is Turtle Creek from Harrisburg?

155.0 miles (249.5 km) in a straight line, heading E from Turtle Creek.

What is the nearest larger city to Turtle Creek?

Forest Hills, PA, with 6,186 residents, 2.1 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.