West View, Pennsylvania

West View population, 2020 to 2024

West View lost 247 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.7%. In the latest year it moved by -33. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 187th; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so West View is 77% of it.

West View covers 1.01 square miles of land, for 6,362 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so West View is denser than the typical town.

What county West View is in

All of West View's residents live in Allegheny County, which had 1,231,814 residents in 2024. West View 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 View

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps West View by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 15229. 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 View is

The Census internal point of West View is at 40.518200, -80.033300. Harrisburg, the capital, is 166.6 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bellevue, PA (7,996 people), 2.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 6.2 miles away.

Daylight in West View

At 40.52° N, West View gets about 15 h 04 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 16 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 48 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near West View

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Bellevue, 2.0 miles away, with 7,996 people.