Pennsylvania · Census place 4214712

Coatesville, Pennsylvania

Coatesville is a city in Chester County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 13,390 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 46th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
13,390
#46 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
+0.4%
+59 people
Land area
1.8 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
7,398 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Coatesville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Coatesville population, 2020 to 2024

Coatesville added 59 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.4%. In the latest year it moved by +53. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 95th; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Coatesville is 1.6 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 13,345. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Coatesville covers 1.81 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 7,398 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Coatesville is denser than the typical town.

What county Coatesville is in

All of Coatesville's residents live in Chester County, which had 560,745 residents in 2024. Coatesville holds 2.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Coatesville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Coatesville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 19320. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Coatesville is

The Census internal point of Coatesville is at 39.985200, -75.819000. Harrisburg, the capital, is 59.5 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is West Chester, PA (22,758 people), 11.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Philadelphia, PA, 36.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.985200, -75.819000
DMS
39°59'6.72"N 75°49'8.40"W
UTM
18N 430074.9E 4426435.7N
Geohash
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Plus code
87F6X5PJ+39

Daylight in Coatesville

At 39.99° N, Coatesville gets about 15 h 01 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 20 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 41 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Coatesville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is South Coatesville, 1.0 miles away, with 1,747 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Coatesville, PA?

13,390 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 59 (0.4%) from 13,331 in July 2020.

What county is Coatesville in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Coatesville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 19320.

How far is Coatesville from Harrisburg?

59.5 miles (95.7 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Coatesville.

What is the nearest larger city to Coatesville?

West Chester, PA, with 22,758 residents, 11.4 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.