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Chester County, PA

549,784 Population
750.5 square miles 732.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.6 ±0.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 41.1 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$62,011 ±$2,002 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $42,605 ±$319
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$120,903 ±$3,047 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $73,824 ±$511
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

6.1% ±0.9% (32,825  ±4,656) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 12% 1,500,959 (±0.3% / ±35,821)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

27.9 minutes ±0.7 (6,397,135  ±237,617) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.5 143,170,690 (±0.2 / ±1,207,617)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

205,426 ±2,210 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,324,209 ±13,443
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.6 ±0 (533,978  ±350) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,527,719
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.9% ±1.1% (6,011  ±1,302) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.2% 149,597 (±0.3% / ±7,546)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

214,831 ±144 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,839,797 ±484
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$489,500 ±$10,154 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in Pennsylvania: $259,900 ±$1,736
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

8.9% ±0.9% (48,324  ±4,712) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.6% 1,355,260 (±0.2% / ±31,094.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

94.6% ±2.4% (360,317  ±9,030.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.2% 8,455,035 (±0.5% / ±43,404.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
57.9% ±1.7% (220,321  ±6,623.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.3% 3,241,343 (±0.3% / ±27,591.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

10.9% (59,668  ±4,398) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 8% 1,031,320
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

4.8% ±0.5% (20,585  ±1,956) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.9% 614,022 (±0.1% / ±10,859)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
20,585 Total veterans ±1,956 19,007 Male ±1,795 1,578 Female ±602

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