Pennsylvania · Census place 4211720

Catasauqua, Pennsylvania

Catasauqua is a borough in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 6,625 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 132nd largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,625
#132 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
+1.7%
+113 people
Land area
1.3 sq mi
+ 0.04 sq mi water
Density
5,136 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Catasauqua. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Catasauqua population, 2020 to 2024

Catasauqua added 113 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.7%. In the latest year it moved by +100. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 36th; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Catasauqua is 79% of it.

6,51220206,52220216,49520226,52520236,6252024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,518. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Catasauqua covers 1.29 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 5,136 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Catasauqua is denser than the typical town.

What county Catasauqua is in

All of Catasauqua's residents live in Lehigh County, which had 385,655 residents in 2024. Catasauqua holds 1.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Catasauqua

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Catasauqua by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 18032. 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 Catasauqua is

The Census internal point of Catasauqua is at 40.653800, -75.461000. Harrisburg, the capital, is 79.5 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Northampton, PA (10,587 people), 2.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 4.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.653800, -75.461000
DMS
40°39'13.68"N 75°27'39.60"W
UTM
18N 461027.0E 4500428.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
87G6MG3Q+GH

Daylight in Catasauqua

At 40.65° N, Catasauqua gets about 15 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 16 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 50 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Catasauqua

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is North Catasauqua, 1.0 miles away, with 3,126 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Catasauqua, PA?

6,625 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 113 (1.7%) from 6,512 in July 2020.

What county is Catasauqua in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Catasauqua?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 18032.

How far is Catasauqua from Harrisburg?

79.5 miles (128.0 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Catasauqua.

What is the nearest larger city to Catasauqua?

Northampton, PA, with 10,587 residents, 2.7 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.