Pennsylvania · Census place 4285632

Windber, Pennsylvania

Windber is a borough in Somerset County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 3,807 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 267th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,807
#267 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-3.1%
-120 people
Land area
2.0 sq mi
Density
1,932 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Windber. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

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Windber population, 2020 to 2024

Windber lost 120 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.1%. In the latest year it moved by -28.

3,92720203,90420213,86820223,83520233,8072024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,935. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Windber covers 1.97 square miles of land, for 1,932 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Windber is less dense than the typical town.

What county Windber is in

All of Windber's residents live in Somerset County, which had 72,134 residents in 2024. Windber holds 5.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Windber

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Windber by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 15963. 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 Windber is

The Census internal point of Windber is at 40.235500, -78.824700. Harrisburg, the capital, is 102.4 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Johnstown, PA (17,853 people), 8.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 62.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.235500, -78.824700
DMS
40°14'7.80"N 78°49'28.92"W
UTM
17N 685051.0E 4456165.6N
Geohash
dppuyk9sg
Plus code
87G365PG+64

Daylight in Windber

At 40.24° N, Windber gets about 15 h 03 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 18 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 44 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Windber

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Geistown, 4.7 miles away, with 2,296 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Windber, PA?

3,807 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 120 (3.1%) from 3,927 in July 2020.

What county is Windber in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Windber?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 15963.

How far is Windber from Harrisburg?

102.4 miles (164.7 km) in a straight line, heading E from Windber.

What is the nearest larger city to Windber?

Johnstown, PA, with 17,853 residents, 8.0 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.