Pennsylvania · Census place 4287272

Zelienople, Pennsylvania

Zelienople is a borough in Butler County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 3,769 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 270th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,769
#270 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-3.5%
-136 people
Land area
2.1 sq mi
+ 0.05 sq mi water
Density
1,839 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Zelienople. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Zelienople population, 2020 to 2024

Zelienople lost 136 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.5%. In the latest year it moved by -29.

3,90520203,85920213,81720223,79820233,7692024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,908. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Zelienople covers 2.05 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 1,839 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Zelienople is less dense than the typical town.

What county Zelienople is in

All of Zelienople's residents live in Butler County, which had 199,341 residents in 2024. Zelienople holds 1.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Zelienople

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Zelienople by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 16063. 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 Zelienople is

The Census internal point of Zelienople is at 40.785700, -80.138700. Harrisburg, the capital, is 174.7 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ellwood City, PA (7,416 people), 9.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 25.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.785700, -80.138700
DMS
40°47'8.52"N 80°08'19.32"W
UTM
17N 572671.2E 4515325.0N
Geohash
dpr002ucb
Plus code
86GXQVP6+7G

Daylight in Zelienople

At 40.79° N, Zelienople 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 51 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Zelienople

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Evans City, 4.4 miles away, with 1,686 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Zelienople, PA?

3,769 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 136 (3.5%) from 3,905 in July 2020.

What county is Zelienople in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Zelienople?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 16063.

How far is Zelienople from Harrisburg?

174.7 miles (281.1 km) in a straight line, heading E from Zelienople.

What is the nearest larger city to Zelienople?

Ellwood City, PA, with 7,416 residents, 9.2 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.