Pennsylvania · Census place 4215192

Collegeville, Pennsylvania

Collegeville is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 5,308 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 178th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,308
#178 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
+5.2%
+264 people
Land area
1.6 sq mi
+ 0.04 sq mi water
Density
3,381 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Collegeville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Collegeville population, 2020 to 2024

Collegeville added 264 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +5.2%. In the latest year it moved by +23. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 15th; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Collegeville is 63% of it.

5,04420205,32720215,32720225,28520235,3082024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,041. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Collegeville covers 1.57 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 3,381 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Collegeville is less dense than the typical town.

What county Collegeville is in

All of Collegeville's residents live in Montgomery County, which had 879,190 residents in 2024. Collegeville holds 0.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Collegeville

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Collegeville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 19426. 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 Collegeville is

The Census internal point of Collegeville is at 40.186900, -75.457500. Harrisburg, the capital, is 75.4 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Phoenixville, PA (20,286 people), 5.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Philadelphia, PA, 21.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.186900, -75.457500
DMS
40°11'12.84"N 75°27'27.00"W
UTM
18N 461054.5E 4448602.0N
Geohash
dr4kdgv98
Plus code
87G65GPV+Q2

Daylight in Collegeville

At 40.19° N, Collegeville gets about 15 h 02 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 19 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 44 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Collegeville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Trappe, 1.3 miles away, with 4,077 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Collegeville, PA?

5,308 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 264 (5.2%) from 5,044 in July 2020.

What county is Collegeville in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Collegeville?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 19426.

How far is Collegeville from Harrisburg?

75.4 miles (121.4 km) in a straight line, heading W from Collegeville.

What is the nearest larger city to Collegeville?

Phoenixville, PA, with 20,286 residents, 5.0 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.