Pennsylvania · Census place 4246264

McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania

McKees Rocks is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 5,694 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 161st largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,694
#161 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-3.6%
-215 people
Land area
1.1 sq mi
+ 0.06 sq mi water
Density
5,372 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: McKees Rocks. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

McKees Rocks population, 2020 to 2024

McKees Rocks lost 215 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.6%. In the latest year it moved by -27. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 178th; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so McKees Rocks is 68% of it.

5,90920205,84620215,76920225,72120235,6942024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,919. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

McKees Rocks covers 1.06 square miles of land and 0.06 of water, for 5,372 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so McKees Rocks is denser than the typical town.

What county McKees Rocks is in

All of McKees Rocks's residents live in Allegheny County, which had 1,231,814 residents in 2024. McKees Rocks holds 0.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in McKees Rocks

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps McKees Rocks by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 15136. 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 McKees Rocks is

The Census internal point of McKees Rocks is at 40.469000, -80.063300. Harrisburg, the capital, is 168.0 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bellevue, PA (7,996 people), 1.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 5.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.469000, -80.063300
DMS
40°28'8.40"N 80°03'47.88"W
UTM
17N 579407.3E 4480235.1N
Geohash
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Plus code
86GXFW9P+JM

Daylight in McKees Rocks

At 40.47° N, McKees Rocks gets about 15 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 17 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 47 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near McKees Rocks

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Ingram, 1.7 miles away, with 3,256 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of McKees Rocks, PA?

5,694 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 215 (3.6%) from 5,909 in July 2020.

What county is McKees Rocks in?

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

What ZIP codes cover McKees Rocks?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 15136.

How far is McKees Rocks from Harrisburg?

168.0 miles (270.3 km) in a straight line, heading E from McKees Rocks.

What is the nearest larger city to McKees Rocks?

Bellevue, PA, with 7,996 residents, 1.8 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.