Pennsylvania · Census place 4239352

Kennett Square, Pennsylvania

Kennett Square is a borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 6,713 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 127th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
6,713
#127 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
+13.1%
+776 people
Land area
1.1 sq mi
Density
6,274 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Kennett Square. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Kennett Square population, 2020 to 2024

Kennett Square added 776 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +13.1%. In the latest year it moved by +167. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 5th; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Kennett Square is 80% of it.

5,93720205,93820216,11620226,54620236,7132024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,938. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Kennett Square covers 1.07 square miles of land, for 6,274 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Kennett Square is denser than the typical town.

What county Kennett Square is in

All of Kennett Square's residents live in Chester County, which had 560,745 residents in 2024. Kennett Square 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 Kennett Square

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Kennett Square by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 19348. 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 Kennett Square is

The Census internal point of Kennett Square is at 39.843800, -75.711300. Harrisburg, the capital, is 68.5 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is West Chester, PA (22,758 people), 9.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Philadelphia, PA, 32.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.843800, -75.711300
DMS
39°50'37.68"N 75°42'40.68"W
UTM
18N 439145.2E 4410662.8N
Geohash
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Plus code
87F6R7VQ+GF

Daylight in Kennett Square

At 39.84° N, Kennett Square gets about 15 h 00 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 21 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 39 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Kennett Square

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Avondale, 3.9 miles away, with 1,274 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Kennett Square, PA?

6,713 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 776 (13.1%) from 5,937 in July 2020.

What county is Kennett Square in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Kennett Square?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 19348.

How far is Kennett Square from Harrisburg?

68.5 miles (110.2 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Kennett Square.

What is the nearest larger city to Kennett Square?

West Chester, PA, with 22,758 residents, 9.8 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.

  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.