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Prospect Park borough, Delaware County, PA

6,402 Population
0.7 square miles 8,749 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38 ±4.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Delaware County: 39 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$40,476 ±$10,565 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Delaware County: $48,676 ±$681
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$65,774 ±$27,042 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Delaware County: $88,576 ±$1,853
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

13.4% ±7.2% (834  ±451) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Delaware County: 10.2% 56,407 (±0.5% / ±3,004)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

21.4 minutes ±5 (71,355  ±10,591) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters 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

2,545 ±283 Number of households
  • Delaware County: 216,660 ±997
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.5 ±0.3 (6,239  ±19) 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

4.4% ±5.4% (58  ±72) 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

2,671 ±285 Number of housing units
  • Delaware County: 229,390 ±196
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$239,700 ±$15,741 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Delaware County: $302,400 ±$5,023
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

6.4% ±4.4% (403  ±278.9) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Delaware County: 9.7% 55,436 (±0.5% / ±2,856.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

93% ±11.9% (4,367  ±604.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as 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)
23.2% ±6.2% (1,090  ±296.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Delaware County: 41.6% 163,404 (±0.7% / ±2,711)
  • about two-thirds 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

5.3% ±2.8% (336  ±176) 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

9.1% ±4.2% (470  ±221) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in Delaware County: 5.1% 22,657 (±0.2% / ±1,043)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
470 Total veterans ±221 440 Male ±221 30 Female ±51

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