Pennsylvania · Census place 4282160
Wellsboro, Pennsylvania
Wellsboro is a borough in Tioga County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 3,422 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 286th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,422
- #286 of 597 in Pennsylvania
- Change since 2020
- -1.4%
- -47 people
- Land area
- 4.9 sq mi
- + 0.03 sq mi water
- Density
- 698 / sq mi
- State median 3,911
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Wellsboro population, 2020 to 2024
Wellsboro lost 47 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.4%. In the latest year it moved by -6.
Wellsboro covers 4.90 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 698 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Wellsboro is less dense than the typical town.
What county Wellsboro is in
All of Wellsboro's residents live in Tioga County, which had 40,698 residents in 2024. Wellsboro holds 8.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Wellsboro
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Wellsboro by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 16901. 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 Wellsboro is
The Census internal point of Wellsboro is at 41.745500, -77.303700. Harrisburg, the capital, is 104.7 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Corning, NY (10,605 people), 30.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Rochester, NY, 99.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 41.745500, -77.303700
- DMS
- 41°44'43.80"N 77°18'13.32"W
- UTM
- 18N 308448.8E 4624084.7N
- Geohash
- dr3j2zt1j
- Plus code
- 87H4PMWW+6G
Daylight in Wellsboro
At 41.75° N, Wellsboro gets about 15 h 13 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 09 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 04 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Wellsboro
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Mansfield, 12.3 miles away, with 2,937 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Wellsboro, PA?
3,422 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 47 (1.4%) from 3,469 in July 2020.
What county is Wellsboro in?
Tioga County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Wellsboro?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 16901.
How far is Wellsboro from Harrisburg?
104.7 miles (168.5 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from Wellsboro.
What is the nearest larger city to Wellsboro?
Corning, NY, with 10,605 residents, 30.6 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.