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Lower Chichester township, Delaware County, PA

3,391 Population
1.1 square miles 3,161.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.8 ±3.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Delaware County: 39 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,286 ±$5,394 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Delaware County: $48,676 ±$681
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$76,498 ±$11,038 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Delaware County: $88,576 ±$1,853
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

16.1% ±7.7% (547  ±260) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Delaware County: 10.2% 56,407 (±0.5% / ±3,004)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

22.1 minutes ±1.3 (37,380  ±8,245) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Delaware County: 28.4 6,695,360 (±0.4 / ±120,828)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

1,355 ±138 Number of households
  • Delaware County: 216,660 ±997
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.5 ±0.3 (3,385  ±17) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Delaware County: 2.6 553,942 (±0 / ±255)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

1.4% ±2.2% (11  ±17) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Delaware County: 4.8% 6,514 (±0.4% / ±565)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

1,355 ±138 Number of housing units
  • Delaware County: 229,390 ±196
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$102,000 ±$29,692 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in Delaware County: $302,400 ±$5,023
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

10.4% ±7.9% (352  ±268.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Delaware County: 9.7% 55,436 (±0.5% / ±2,856.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

88.3% ±14.2% (2,174  ±400.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Delaware County: 93.6% 367,663 (±1.1% / ±4,420.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
12.3% ±6% (303  ±151.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in Delaware County: 41.6% 163,404 (±0.7% / ±2,711)
  • about one-third 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

5.2% ±5% (177  ±168) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Delaware County: 11.2% 64,232
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

3% ±1.9% (87  ±54) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Delaware County: 5.1% 22,657 (±0.2% / ±1,043)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
87 Total veterans ±54 87 Male ±54 N/A Female ±11

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