Pennsylvania · Census place 4282832

West Easton, Pennsylvania

West Easton is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 1,246 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 548th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,246
#548 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
+0.8%
+10 people
Land area
0.3 sq mi
+ 0.03 sq mi water
Density
4,019 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: West Easton. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

West Easton population, 2020 to 2024

West Easton added 10 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.8%. In the latest year it moved by +3.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,238. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

West Easton covers 0.31 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 4,019 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so West Easton is close to the typical town.

What county West Easton is in

All of West Easton's residents live in Northampton County, which had 322,989 residents in 2024. West Easton 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 West Easton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps West Easton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 18042. 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 Easton is

The Census internal point of West Easton is at 40.678400, -75.236100. Harrisburg, the capital, is 91.2 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Wilson, PA (8,169 people), 0.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 14.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.678400, -75.236100
DMS
40°40'42.24"N 75°14'9.96"W
UTM
18N 480047.4E 4503084.2N
Geohash
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Plus code
87G6MQH7+9H

Daylight in West Easton

At 40.68° N, West Easton gets about 15 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 50 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near West Easton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Wilson, 0.5 miles away, with 8,169 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of West Easton, PA?

1,246 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 10 (0.8%) from 1,236 in July 2020.

What county is West Easton in?

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

What ZIP codes cover West Easton?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 18042.

How far is West Easton from Harrisburg?

91.2 miles (146.8 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from West Easton.

What is the nearest larger city to West Easton?

Wilson, PA, with 8,169 residents, 0.5 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.