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Marcus Hook borough, Delaware County, PA

2,236 Population
1.1 square miles 2,017.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.4 ±9.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Delaware County: 39 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,839 ±$2,688 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Delaware County: $48,676 ±$681
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$50,952 ±$9,087 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Delaware County: $88,576 ±$1,853
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

11.9% ±7.9% (250  ±171) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Delaware County: 10.2% 56,407 (±0.5% / ±3,004)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

30.8 minutes ±12.3 (26,410  ±7,077) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Delaware County: 28.4 6,695,360 (±0.4 / ±120,828)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

917 ±159 Number of households
  • Delaware County: 216,660 ±997
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.4 ±0.3 (2,236  ±478) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Delaware County: 2.6 553,942 (±0 / ±255)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

4.5% ±5.1% (21  ±25) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Delaware County: 4.8% 6,514 (±0.4% / ±565)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

1,016 ±156 Number of housing units
  • Delaware County: 229,390 ±196
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$108,000 ±$8,086 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in Delaware County: $302,400 ±$5,023
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

9.7% ±7% (215  ±161.5) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Delaware County: 9.7% 55,436 (±0.5% / ±2,856.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

90.2% ±25.6% (1,262  ±245.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Delaware County: 93.6% 367,663 (±1.1% / ±4,420.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
5.8% ±4.3% (81  ±61.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Delaware County: 41.6% 163,404 (±0.7% / ±2,711)
  • about one-fifth 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

N/A Foreign-born population

5.6% ±3.3% (87  ±54) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Delaware County: 5.1% 22,657 (±0.2% / ±1,043)
  • about 90 percent of 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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