Pennsylvania · Census place 4226408

Folcroft, Pennsylvania

Folcroft is a borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 6,827 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 125th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,827
#125 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
+0.5%
+35 people
Land area
1.3 sq mi
+ 0.18 sq mi water
Density
5,462 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Folcroft. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Folcroft population, 2020 to 2024

Folcroft added 35 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.5%. In the latest year it moved by +46. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 88th; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Folcroft is 82% of it.

6,79220206,77120216,74920226,78120236,8272024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 6,798. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Folcroft covers 1.25 square miles of land and 0.18 of water, for 5,462 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Folcroft is denser than the typical town.

What county Folcroft is in

All of Folcroft's residents live in Delaware County, which had 584,882 residents in 2024. Folcroft holds 1.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Folcroft

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Folcroft by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 19032. 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 Folcroft is

The Census internal point of Folcroft is at 39.888200, -75.275800. Harrisburg, the capital, is 88.9 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Glenolden, PA (7,266 people), 1.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Philadelphia, PA, 11.2 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.888200, -75.275800
DMS
39°53'17.52"N 75°16'32.88"W
UTM
18N 476419.4E 4415385.0N
Geohash
dr46zj3vd
Plus code
87F6VPQF+7M

Daylight in Folcroft

At 39.89° N, Folcroft gets about 15 h 00 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 20 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 40 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Folcroft

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Norwood, 1.1 miles away, with 5,969 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Folcroft, PA?

6,827 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 35 (0.5%) from 6,792 in July 2020.

What county is Folcroft in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Folcroft?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 19032.

How far is Folcroft from Harrisburg?

88.9 miles (143.1 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Folcroft.

What is the nearest larger city to Folcroft?

Glenolden, PA, with 7,266 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.