Pennsylvania · Census place 4250528

Monroeville, Pennsylvania

Monroeville is a municipality in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 27,966 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 19th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
27,966
#19 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-2.4%
-687 people
Land area
19.7 sq mi
Density
1,418 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Monroeville. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Monroeville population, 2020 to 2024

Monroeville lost 687 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.4%. In the latest year it moved by -120. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 150th; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Monroeville is 3.3 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 28,646. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Monroeville covers 19.72 square miles of land, for 1,418 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Monroeville is less dense than the typical town.

What county Monroeville is in

All of Monroeville's residents live in Allegheny County, which had 1,231,814 residents in 2024. Monroeville holds 2.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Monroeville

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Monroeville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the municipality's land: 15140, 15146. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a municipality that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Monroeville is

The Census internal point of Monroeville is at 40.426300, -79.761400. Harrisburg, the capital, is 151.9 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Pittsburgh, PA (307,668 people), 11.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.426300, -79.761400
DMS
40°25'34.68"N 79°45'41.04"W
UTM
17N 605067.4E 4475810.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
87G2C6GQ+GC

Daylight in Monroeville

At 40.43° N, Monroeville 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 Monroeville

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Pitcairn, 1.5 miles away, with 2,984 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Monroeville, PA?

27,966 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 687 (2.4%) from 28,653 in July 2020.

What county is Monroeville in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Monroeville?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 15140, 15146.

How far is Monroeville from Harrisburg?

151.9 miles (244.5 km) in a straight line, heading E from Monroeville.

What is the nearest larger city to Monroeville?

Pittsburgh, PA, with 307,668 residents, 11.3 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.