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West Brandywine township, Chester County, PA

7,534 Population
13.1 square miles 574.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.6 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Chester County: 40.7 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$54,339 ±$4,055 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Chester County: $63,089 ±$919
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$107,083 ±$18,488 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

5.7% ±3.1% (423  ±226) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Chester County: 5.9% 31,305 (±0.5% / ±2,356)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

30.7 minutes ±5.3 (91,915  ±11,009) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Chester County: 27.5 6,021,710 (±0.2 / ±98,281)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

2,927 ±171 Number of households
  • Chester County: 202,405 ±843
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.5 ±0.2 (7,402  ±24) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Chester County: 2.6 525,607 (±0 / ±209)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

8.9% ±6.3% (118  ±84) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Chester County: 4.7% † 5,691 (±0.5% / ±580)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

2,994 ±170 Number of housing units
  • Chester County: 210,730 ±157
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$362,100 ±$15,565 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Chester County: $461,800 ±$4,298
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

9.9% ±4.1% (742  ±307.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Chester County: 10.5% 56,480 (±0.5% / ±2,642.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

95% ±7.2% (5,553  ±471.7) 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)
43.6% ±4.6% (2,550  ±286.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Chester County: 56.6% 210,289 (±0.8% / ±3,049.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than 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

2.8% ±1.7% (208  ±130) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Chester County: 9.7% 52,191
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

8.2% ±2.4% (521  ±153) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Chester County: 5.3% 22,088 (±0.2% / ±1,015)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
521 Total veterans ±153 467 Male ±135 54 Female ±51

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