Pennsylvania · Census place 4283104

West Grove, Pennsylvania

West Grove is a borough in Chester County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 2,831 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 339th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,831
#339 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
+2.1%
+58 people
Land area
0.7 sq mi
Density
4,355 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: West Grove. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

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West Grove population, 2020 to 2024

West Grove added 58 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.1%. In the latest year it moved by +13.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,773. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

West Grove covers 0.65 square miles of land, for 4,355 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so West Grove is denser than the typical town.

What county West Grove is in

All of West Grove's residents live in Chester County, which had 560,745 residents in 2024. West Grove 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 West Grove

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps West Grove by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 19390. 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 Grove is

The Census internal point of West Grove is at 39.820200, -75.828500. Harrisburg, the capital, is 63.7 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Kennett Square, PA (6,713 people), 6.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Philadelphia, PA, 39.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.820200, -75.828500
DMS
39°49'12.72"N 75°49'42.60"W
UTM
18N 429093.9E 4408129.8N
Geohash
dr44d3p37
Plus code
87F6R5CC+3H

Daylight in West Grove

At 39.82° N, West Grove gets about 15 h 00 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 21 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 39 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near West Grove

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Avondale, 2.5 miles away, with 1,274 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of West Grove, PA?

2,831 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 58 (2.1%) from 2,773 in July 2020.

What county is West Grove in?

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

What ZIP codes cover West Grove?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 19390.

How far is West Grove from Harrisburg?

63.7 miles (102.5 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from West Grove.

What is the nearest larger city to West Grove?

Kennett Square, PA, with 6,713 residents, 6.4 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.