Pennsylvania · Census place 4227120
Fox Chapel, Pennsylvania
Fox Chapel is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 5,185 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 183rd largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 5,185
- #183 of 597 in Pennsylvania
- Change since 2020
- -2.9%
- -153 people
- Land area
- 7.9 sq mi
- Density
- 659 / sq mi
- State median 3,911
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Fox Chapel population, 2020 to 2024
Fox Chapel lost 153 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.9%. In the latest year it moved by -17. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 165th; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Fox Chapel is 62% of it.
Fox Chapel covers 7.87 square miles of land, for 659 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Fox Chapel is less dense than the typical town.
What county Fox Chapel is in
All of Fox Chapel's residents live in Allegheny County, which had 1,231,814 residents in 2024. Fox Chapel holds 0.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Fox Chapel
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Fox Chapel by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 15215, 15238. 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 Fox Chapel is
The Census internal point of Fox Chapel is at 40.526000, -79.888900. Harrisburg, the capital, is 159.1 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Oakmont, PA (6,628 people), 2.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 7.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.526000, -79.888900
- DMS
- 40°31'33.60"N 79°53'20.04"W
- UTM
- 17N 594112.4E 4486733.7N
- Geohash
- dppnw1d9j
- Plus code
- 87G2G4G6+CC
Daylight in Fox Chapel
At 40.53° N, Fox Chapel gets about 15 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 16 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 48 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Fox Chapel
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Aspinwall, 2.4 miles away, with 2,803 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Fox Chapel, PA?
5,185 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 153 (2.9%) from 5,338 in July 2020.
What county is Fox Chapel in?
Allegheny County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Fox Chapel?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 15215, 15238.
How far is Fox Chapel from Harrisburg?
159.1 miles (256.1 km) in a straight line, heading E from Fox Chapel.
What is the nearest larger city to Fox Chapel?
Oakmont, PA, with 6,628 residents, 2.8 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.