Pennsylvania · Census place 4213232

Chester Heights, Pennsylvania

Chester Heights is a borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 3,087 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 314th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 3,087; #314 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020: +5.8%; +169 people
Land area: 2.2 sq mi
Density: 1,397 / sq mi; State median 3,911

Orange pin: Chester Heights. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

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Chester Heights population, 2020 to 2024

Chester Heights added 169 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.8%. In the latest year it moved by +153.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,909. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Chester Heights covers 2.21 square miles of land, for 1,397 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Chester Heights is less dense than the typical town.

What county Chester Heights is in

All of Chester Heights's residents live in Delaware County, which had 584,882 residents in 2024. Chester Heights holds 0.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Chester Heights

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Chester Heights by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 19014, 19017, 19063, 19342. 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 Chester Heights is

The Census internal point of Chester Heights is at 39.892600, -75.469000. Harrisburg, the capital, is 79.1 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Brookhaven, PA (8,407 people), 4.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Philadelphia, PA, 19.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 39.892600, -75.469000
DMS: 39°53'33.36"N 75°28'8.40"W
UTM: 18N 459903.6E 4415942.2N
Geohash: dr46fwjph
Plus code: 87F6VGVJ+2C

Daylight in Chester Heights

At 39.89° N, Chester Heights gets about 15 h 00 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 20 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 40 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Chester Heights

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Brookhaven, 4.4 miles away, with 8,407 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Chester Heights, PA?

3,087 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 169 (5.8%) from 2,918 in July 2020.

What county is Chester Heights in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Chester Heights?

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 19014, 19017, 19063, 19342.

How far is Chester Heights from Harrisburg?

79.1 miles (127.3 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Chester Heights.

What is the nearest larger city to Chester Heights?

Brookhaven, PA, with 8,407 residents, 4.3 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.