Pennsylvania · Census place 4214600

Coaldale, Pennsylvania

Coaldale is a borough in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 2,435 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 382nd largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,435
#382 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
+0.4%
+10 people
Land area
2.2 sq mi
Density
1,122 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Coaldale. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Coaldale population, 2020 to 2024

Coaldale added 10 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.4%. In the latest year it moved by +5.

2,42520202,42820212,42620222,43020232,4352024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,427. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Coaldale covers 2.17 square miles of land, for 1,122 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Coaldale is less dense than the typical town.

What county Coaldale is in

All of Coaldale's residents live in Schuylkill County, which had 144,523 residents in 2024. Coaldale 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 Coaldale

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Coaldale by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 18218. 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 Coaldale is

The Census internal point of Coaldale is at 40.819700, -75.916100. Harrisburg, the capital, is 63.7 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Tamaqua, PA (6,944 people), 1.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 27.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.819700, -75.916100
DMS
40°49'10.92"N 75°54'57.96"W
UTM
18N 422744.5E 4519146.1N
Geohash
dr600qzxf
Plus code
87G6R39M+VH

Daylight in Coaldale

At 40.82° N, Coaldale 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 52 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Coaldale

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Tamaqua, 1.2 miles away, with 6,944 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Coaldale, PA?

2,435 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 10 (0.4%) from 2,425 in July 2020.

What county is Coaldale in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Coaldale?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 18218.

How far is Coaldale from Harrisburg?

63.7 miles (102.5 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Coaldale.

What is the nearest larger city to Coaldale?

Tamaqua, PA, with 6,944 residents, 1.2 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.