Wilson, Pennsylvania

Wilson population, 2020 to 2024

Wilson lost 73 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.9%. In the latest year it moved by +15. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 111th; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Wilson is 98% of it.

Wilson covers 1.16 square miles of land, for 7,042 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Wilson is denser than the typical town.

What county Wilson is in

All of Wilson's residents live in Northampton County, which had 322,989 residents in 2024. Wilson 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 Wilson

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Wilson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 18042. 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 Wilson is

The Census internal point of Wilson is at 40.684400, -75.241700. Harrisburg, the capital, is 91.1 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Easton, PA (30,432 people), 1.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 13.9 miles away.

Daylight in Wilson

At 40.68° N, Wilson gets about 15 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 50 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Wilson

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is West Easton, 0.5 miles away, with 1,246 people.