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Lower Oxford township, Chester County, PA

5,570 Population
18.1 square miles 307 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

21.8 ±0.6 Median age
  • about half the figure in Chester County: 40.7 ±0.2
  • about half the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,363 ±$3,280 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Chester County: $63,089 ±$919
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$108,102 ±$23,869 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Chester County: $123,041 ±$2,646
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

8.4% ±5% (299  ±178) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Chester County: 5.9% 31,305 (±0.5% / ±2,356)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

22.6 minutes ±1.5 (50,370  ±7,145) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Chester County: 27.5 6,021,710 (±0.2 / ±98,281)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

1,121 ±84 Number of households
  • Chester County: 202,405 ±843
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
3.2 ±0.3 (3,567  ±82) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Chester County: 2.6 525,607 (±0 / ±209)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

2% ±1.5% (37  ±28) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Chester County: 4.7% † 5,691 (±0.5% / ±580)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

1,197 ±86 Number of housing units
  • Chester County: 210,730 ±157
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$338,000 ±$29,695 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Chester County: $461,800 ±$4,298
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

16.7% ±4.9% (924  ±269.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Chester County: 10.5% 56,480 (±0.5% / ±2,642.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

85% ±9.1% (2,043  ±246.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Chester County: 94.9% 352,750 (±1.1% / ±4,095.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
28% ±4.8% (673  ±122) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Chester County: 56.6% 210,289 (±0.8% / ±3,049.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

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

4.4% ±2.1% (243  ±115) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Chester County: 9.7% 52,191
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

3.2% ±1.2% (145  ±57) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Chester County: 5.3% 22,088 (±0.2% / ±1,015)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
145 Total veterans ±57 141 Male ±56 4 Female ±7

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