Pennsylvania · Census place 4258032

Parkesburg, Pennsylvania

Parkesburg is a borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 3,984 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 257th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,984
#257 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
+2.7%
+103 people
Land area
1.3 sq mi
Density
3,137 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Parkesburg. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

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Parkesburg population, 2020 to 2024

Parkesburg added 103 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.7%. In the latest year it moved by +37.

3,88120203,89720213,94020223,94720233,9842024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,863. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Parkesburg covers 1.27 square miles of land, for 3,137 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Parkesburg is less dense than the typical town.

What county Parkesburg is in

All of Parkesburg's residents live in Chester County, which had 560,745 residents in 2024. Parkesburg holds 0.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Parkesburg

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Parkesburg by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 19365. 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 Parkesburg is

The Census internal point of Parkesburg is at 39.960100, -75.916200. Harrisburg, the capital, is 55.3 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Coatesville, PA (13,390 people), 5.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Philadelphia, PA, 41.6 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.960100, -75.916200
DMS
39°57'36.36"N 75°54'58.32"W
UTM
18N 421747.4E 4423730.6N
Geohash
dr4526x82
Plus code
87F6X36M+2G

Daylight in Parkesburg

At 39.96° N, Parkesburg gets about 15 h 01 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 20 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 41 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Parkesburg

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Atglen, 3.2 miles away, with 1,320 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Parkesburg, PA?

3,984 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 103 (2.7%) from 3,881 in July 2020.

What county is Parkesburg in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Parkesburg?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 19365.

How far is Parkesburg from Harrisburg?

55.3 miles (89.0 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Parkesburg.

What is the nearest larger city to Parkesburg?

Coatesville, PA, with 13,390 residents, 5.4 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.