New Kensington, Pennsylvania

New Kensington population, 2020 to 2024

New Kensington lost 272 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.2%. In the latest year it moved by -42. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 141st; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so New Kensington is 1.4 times that size.

New Kensington covers 3.95 square miles of land and 0.31 of water, for 3,007 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so New Kensington is less dense than the typical town.

What county New Kensington is in

All of New Kensington's residents live in Westmoreland County, which had 350,935 residents in 2024. New Kensington holds 3.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in New Kensington

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps New Kensington by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 15068. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where New Kensington is

The Census internal point of New Kensington is at 40.572500, -79.753100. Harrisburg, the capital, is 152.4 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Plum, PA (26,420 people), 4.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 14.9 miles away.

Daylight in New Kensington

At 40.57° N, New Kensington gets about 15 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 16 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 49 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near New Kensington

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Arnold, 0.8 miles away, with 4,657 people.