Pennsylvania · Census place 4284512

Whitehall, Pennsylvania

Whitehall is a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 14,678 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 38th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
14,678
#38 of 597 in Pennsylvania
Change since 2020
-2.4%
-357 people
Land area
3.3 sq mi
Density
4,408 / sq mi
State median 3,911
Orange pin: Whitehall. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Harrisburg.

Whitehall population, 2020 to 2024

Whitehall lost 357 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.4%. In the latest year it moved by +15. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 149th; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Whitehall is 1.8 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 15,054. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Whitehall covers 3.33 square miles of land, for 4,408 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Whitehall is denser than the typical town.

What county Whitehall is in

All of Whitehall's residents live in Allegheny County, which had 1,231,814 residents in 2024. Whitehall holds 1.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Whitehall

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Whitehall by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 15227, 15236. 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 Whitehall is

The Census internal point of Whitehall is at 40.360200, -79.989800. Harrisburg, the capital, is 163.8 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Baldwin, PA (20,712 people), 2.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Pittsburgh, PA, 5.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
40.360200, -79.989800
DMS
40°21'36.72"N 79°59'23.28"W
UTM
17N 585776.3E 4468226.9N
Geohash
dppjeg35n
Plus code
87G29266+33

Daylight in Whitehall

At 40.36° N, Whitehall gets about 15 h 03 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 17 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 46 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Whitehall

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Brentwood, 1.2 miles away, with 9,704 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Whitehall, PA?

14,678 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 357 (2.4%) from 15,035 in July 2020.

What county is Whitehall in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Whitehall?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 15227, 15236.

How far is Whitehall from Harrisburg?

163.8 miles (263.5 km) in a straight line, heading E from Whitehall.

What is the nearest larger city to Whitehall?

Baldwin, PA, with 20,712 residents, 2.7 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.