Pennsylvania · Census place 4216128

Coplay, Pennsylvania

Coplay is a borough in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 3,555 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 276th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,555
#276 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
+6.4%
+214 people
Land area
0.6 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
5,828 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Coplay. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Coplay population, 2020 to 2024

Coplay added 214 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.4%. In the latest year it moved by +32.

3,34120203,43420213,50720223,52320233,5552024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,344. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Coplay covers 0.61 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 5,828 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Coplay is denser than the typical town.

What county Coplay is in

All of Coplay's residents live in Lehigh County, which had 385,655 residents in 2024. Coplay holds 0.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Coplay

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Coplay by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 18037. 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 Coplay is

The Census internal point of Coplay is at 40.670700, -75.495500. Harrisburg, the capital, is 78.2 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Northampton, PA (10,587 people), 1.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 5.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.670700, -75.495500
DMS
40°40'14.52"N 75°29'43.80"W
UTM
18N 458120.9E 4502320.7N
Geohash
dr4r65cgg
Plus code
87G6MGC3+7R

Daylight in Coplay

At 40.67° N, Coplay 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 50 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Coplay

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is North Catasauqua, 1.2 miles away, with 3,126 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Coplay, PA?

3,555 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 214 (6.4%) from 3,341 in July 2020.

What county is Coplay in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Coplay?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 18037.

How far is Coplay from Harrisburg?

78.2 miles (125.9 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Coplay.

What is the nearest larger city to Coplay?

Northampton, PA, with 10,587 residents, 1.3 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.

  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.