West Chester, Pennsylvania

West Chester population, 2020 to 2024

West Chester added 4,095 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +21.9%. In the latest year it moved by +71. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 1st; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so West Chester is 2.7 times that size.

West Chester covers 1.85 square miles of land, for 12,302 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so West Chester is denser than the typical town.

What county West Chester is in

All of West Chester's residents live in Chester County, which had 560,745 residents in 2024. West Chester holds 4.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in West Chester

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap West Chester by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 19380, 19382, 19383. 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 West Chester is

The Census internal point of West Chester is at 39.959900, -75.605400. Harrisburg, the capital, is 70.8 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Chester, PA (34,052 people), 14.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Philadelphia, PA, 25.2 miles away.

Daylight in West Chester

At 39.96° N, West Chester 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 West Chester

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Downingtown, 6.1 miles away, with 8,463 people.