Pennsylvania · Census place 4277304

Trappe, Pennsylvania

Trappe is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 4,077 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 253rd largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,077
#253 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
+2.0%
+81 people
Land area
2.1 sq mi
Density
1,979 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Trappe. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Trappe population, 2020 to 2024

Trappe added 81 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.0%. In the latest year it moved by +53.

3,99620204,01320214,01420224,02420234,0772024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,995. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Trappe covers 2.06 square miles of land, for 1,979 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Trappe is less dense than the typical town.

What county Trappe is in

All of Trappe's residents live in Montgomery County, which had 879,190 residents in 2024. Trappe holds 0.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Trappe

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Trappe by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 19426. 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 Trappe is

The Census internal point of Trappe is at 40.199100, -75.475400. Harrisburg, the capital, is 74.4 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Collegeville, PA (5,308 people), 1.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Philadelphia, PA, 22.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.199100, -75.475400
DMS
40°11'56.76"N 75°28'31.44"W
UTM
18N 459538.0E 4449964.1N
Geohash
dr4kdw02x
Plus code
87G65GXF+JR

Daylight in Trappe

At 40.20° N, Trappe 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 Trappe

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Collegeville, 1.3 miles away, with 5,308 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Trappe, PA?

4,077 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 81 (2.0%) from 3,996 in July 2020.

What county is Trappe in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Trappe?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 19426.

How far is Trappe from Harrisburg?

74.4 miles (119.8 km) in a straight line, heading W from Trappe.

What is the nearest larger city to Trappe?

Collegeville, PA, with 5,308 residents, 1.2 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.