West York, Pennsylvania

West York population, 2020 to 2024

West York added 28 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.5%. In the latest year it moved by +27. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 84th; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so West York is 61% of it.

West York covers 0.53 square miles of land, for 9,674 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so West York is denser than the typical town.

What county West York is in

All of West York's residents live in York County, which had 471,240 residents in 2024. West York holds 1.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in West York

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps West York by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 17404. 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 York is

The Census internal point of West York is at 39.953400, -76.761000. Harrisburg, the capital, is 22.4 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is York, PA (45,241 people), 1.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Baltimore, MD, 45.9 miles away.

Daylight in West York

At 39.95° N, West York 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 York

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is York, 1.7 miles away, with 45,241 people.