Pennsylvania · Census place 4264832

Ridley Park, Pennsylvania

Ridley Park is a borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 7,310 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 116th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
7,310
#116 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
+0.7%
+49 people
Land area
1.1 sq mi
Density
6,769 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Ridley Park. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Ridley Park population, 2020 to 2024

Ridley Park added 49 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.7%. In the latest year it moved by +49. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 77th; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Ridley Park is 87% of it.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 7,268. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Ridley Park covers 1.08 square miles of land, for 6,769 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Ridley Park is denser than the typical town.

What county Ridley Park is in

All of Ridley Park's residents live in Delaware County, which had 584,882 residents in 2024. Ridley Park holds 1.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Ridley Park

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ridley Park by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 19078. 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 Ridley Park is

The Census internal point of Ridley Park is at 39.878000, -75.325500. Harrisburg, the capital, is 86.6 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Chester, PA (34,052 people), 3.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Philadelphia, PA, 13.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.878000, -75.325500
DMS
39°52'40.80"N 75°19'31.80"W
UTM
18N 472166.0E 4414267.2N
Geohash
dr46vgtdh
Plus code
87F6VMHF+5Q

Daylight in Ridley Park

At 39.88° N, Ridley Park gets about 15 h 00 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 20 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 40 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Ridley Park

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Prospect Park, 1.1 miles away, with 6,452 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Ridley Park, PA?

7,310 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 49 (0.7%) from 7,261 in July 2020.

What county is Ridley Park in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Ridley Park?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 19078.

How far is Ridley Park from Harrisburg?

86.6 miles (139.4 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Ridley Park.

What is the nearest larger city to Ridley Park?

Chester, PA, with 34,052 residents, 3.4 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.