York, Pennsylvania

York population, 2020 to 2024

York added 456 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.0%. In the latest year it moved by +232. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 66th; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so York is 5.4 times that size.

York covers 5.29 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 8,552 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so York is denser than the typical town.

What county York is in

All of York's residents live in York County, which had 471,240 residents in 2024. York holds 9.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in York

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap York by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 17401, 17403, 17404. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where York is

The Census internal point of York is at 39.964800, -76.731800. Harrisburg, the capital, is 22.2 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Harrisburg, PA (50,649 people), 23.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Baltimore, MD, 46.4 miles away.

Daylight in York

At 39.96° N, York gets about 15 h 01 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 20 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 41 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near York

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is North York, 0.9 miles away, with 2,268 people.