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Schuylkill township, Chester County, PA

8,811 Population
8.5 square miles 1,035.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42 ±2.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Chester County: 40.7 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$83,113 ±$16,563 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Chester County: $63,089 ±$919
  • nearly double the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$176,528 ±$26,030 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Chester County: $123,041 ±$2,646
  • more than double the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

2.6% ±0.9% (225  ±76) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Chester County: 5.9% 31,305 (±0.5% / ±2,356)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

25.6 minutes ±1.8 (88,025  ±10,313) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Chester County: 27.5 6,021,710 (±0.2 / ±98,281)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

3,086 ±132 Number of households
  • Chester County: 202,405 ±843
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.8 ±0.1 (8,551  ±27) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Chester County: 2.6 525,607 (±0 / ±209)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

4.3% ±2.6% (86  ±53) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Chester County: 4.7% † 5,691 (±0.5% / ±580)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

3,165 ±155 Number of housing units
  • Chester County: 210,730 ±157
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$582,200 ±$27,061 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Chester County: $461,800 ±$4,298
  • more than double the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

8.5% ±2.8% (745  ±240.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Chester County: 10.5% 56,480 (±0.5% / ±2,642.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

95.5% ±6.3% (5,537  ±407.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Chester County: 94.9% 352,750 (±1.1% / ±4,095.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
68.8% ±5% (3,989  ±316) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Chester County: 56.6% 210,289 (±0.8% / ±3,049.3)
  • about double 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

4.3% ±1.4% (381  ±126) 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

4.5% ±1.6% (307  ±112) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Chester County: 5.3% 22,088 (±0.2% / ±1,015)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
307 Total veterans ±112 289 Male ±109 18 Female ±15

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