Pennsylvania · Census place 4203608
Avalon, Pennsylvania
Avalon is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 4,594 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 214th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 4,594
- #214 of 597 in Pennsylvania
- Change since 2020
- -3.6%
- -174 people
- Land area
- 0.6 sq mi
- + 0.07 sq mi water
- Density
- 7,410 / sq mi
- State median 3,911
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Avalon population, 2020 to 2024
Avalon lost 174 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.6%. In the latest year it moved by -22.
Avalon covers 0.62 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 7,410 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Avalon is denser than the typical town.
What county Avalon is in
All of Avalon's residents live in Allegheny County, which had 1,231,814 residents in 2024. Avalon holds 0.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Avalon
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Avalon by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 15202. 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 Avalon is
The Census internal point of Avalon is at 40.501200, -80.068500. Harrisburg, the capital, is 168.4 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bellevue, PA (7,996 people), 0.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 6.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.501200, -80.068500
- DMS
- 40°30'4.32"N 80°04'6.60"W
- UTM
- 17N 578928.7E 4483804.6N
- Geohash
- dppn3vpbs
- Plus code
- 86GXGW2J+FJ
Daylight in Avalon
At 40.50° N, Avalon gets about 15 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 17 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 48 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Avalon
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Ben Avon, 0.8 miles away, with 1,841 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Avalon, PA?
4,594 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 174 (3.6%) from 4,768 in July 2020.
What county is Avalon in?
Allegheny County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Avalon?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 15202.
How far is Avalon from Harrisburg?
168.4 miles (271.0 km) in a straight line, heading E from Avalon.
What is the nearest larger city to Avalon?
Bellevue, PA, with 7,996 residents, 0.9 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.