Pennsylvania · Census place 4213392

Cheswick, Pennsylvania

Cheswick is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 1,611 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 482nd largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,611
#482 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-3.5%
-59 people
Land area
0.5 sq mi
+ 0.09 sq mi water
Density
3,502 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Cheswick. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Cheswick population, 2020 to 2024

Cheswick lost 59 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.5%. In the latest year it moved by -7.

1,67020201,65120211,63120221,61820231,6112024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,672. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Cheswick covers 0.46 square miles of land and 0.09 of water, for 3,502 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Cheswick is less dense than the typical town.

What county Cheswick is in

All of Cheswick's residents live in Allegheny County, which had 1,231,814 residents in 2024. Cheswick holds 0.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Cheswick

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Cheswick by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 15024. 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 Cheswick is

The Census internal point of Cheswick is at 40.543000, -79.801000. Harrisburg, the capital, is 154.7 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Springdale, PA (3,272 people), 1.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 11.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.543000, -79.801000
DMS
40°32'34.80"N 79°48'3.60"W
UTM
17N 601532.2E 4488718.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
87G2G5VX+6J

Daylight in Cheswick

At 40.54° N, Cheswick 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 48 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Cheswick

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Springdale, 1.1 miles away, with 3,272 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Cheswick, PA?

1,611 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 59 (3.5%) from 1,670 in July 2020.

What county is Cheswick in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Cheswick?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 15024.

How far is Cheswick from Harrisburg?

154.7 miles (248.9 km) in a straight line, heading E from Cheswick.

What is the nearest larger city to Cheswick?

Springdale, PA, with 3,272 residents, 1.1 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.