Pennsylvania · Census place 4285664

Wind Gap, Pennsylvania

Wind Gap is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 3,625 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 273rd largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,625
#273 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
+28.6%
+806 people
Land area
1.3 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
2,705 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Wind Gap. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Wind Gap population, 2020 to 2024

Wind Gap added 806 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +28.6%. In the latest year it moved by +19.

2,81920203,17120213,60620223,60620233,6252024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,823. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Wind Gap covers 1.34 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 2,705 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Wind Gap is less dense than the typical town.

What county Wind Gap is in

All of Wind Gap's residents live in Northampton County, which had 322,989 residents in 2024. Wind Gap holds 1.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Wind Gap

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Wind Gap by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 18091. 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 Wind Gap is

The Census internal point of Wind Gap is at 40.849000, -75.291000. Harrisburg, the capital, is 92.9 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bangor, PA (5,171 people), 4.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 20.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.849000, -75.291000
DMS
40°50'56.40"N 75°17'27.60"W
UTM
18N 475470.7E 4522035.6N
Geohash
dr62qsqf8
Plus code
87G6RPX5+HJ

Daylight in Wind Gap

At 40.85° N, Wind Gap gets about 15 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 14 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Wind Gap

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Pen Argyl, 2.3 miles away, with 3,484 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Wind Gap, PA?

3,625 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 806 (28.6%) from 2,819 in July 2020.

What county is Wind Gap in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Wind Gap?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 18091.

How far is Wind Gap from Harrisburg?

92.9 miles (149.5 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Wind Gap.

What is the nearest larger city to Wind Gap?

Bangor, PA, with 5,171 residents, 4.5 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.