Pennsylvania · Census place 4255512

North Wales, Pennsylvania

North Wales is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 3,450 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 284th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,450
#284 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
+0.6%
+22 people
Land area
0.6 sq mi
Density
5,847 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: North Wales. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

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North Wales population, 2020 to 2024

North Wales added 22 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.6%. In the latest year it moved by +17.

3,42820203,43020213,42620223,43320233,4502024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,429. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

North Wales covers 0.59 square miles of land, for 5,847 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so North Wales is denser than the typical town.

What county North Wales is in

All of North Wales's residents live in Montgomery County, which had 879,190 residents in 2024. North Wales 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 North Wales

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps North Wales by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 19454. 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 North Wales is

The Census internal point of North Wales is at 40.211200, -75.274400. Harrisburg, the capital, is 85.0 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lansdale, PA (19,154 people), 2.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Philadelphia, PA, 15.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.211200, -75.274400
DMS
40°12'40.32"N 75°16'27.84"W
UTM
18N 476649.6E 4451234.9N
Geohash
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Plus code
87G66P6G+F6

Daylight in North Wales

At 40.21° N, North Wales gets about 15 h 02 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 18 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 44 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near North Wales

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Lansdale, 2.1 miles away, with 19,154 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of North Wales, PA?

3,450 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 22 (0.6%) from 3,428 in July 2020.

What county is North Wales in?

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

What ZIP codes cover North Wales?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 19454.

How far is North Wales from Harrisburg?

85.0 miles (136.8 km) in a straight line, heading W from North Wales.

What is the nearest larger city to North Wales?

Lansdale, PA, with 19,154 residents, 2.1 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.