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Swarthmore borough, Delaware County, PA

6,550 Population
1.4 square miles 4,678.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.3 ±5 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Delaware County: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$73,250 ±$11,208 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Delaware County: $49,673 ±$799
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$152,361 ±$53,472 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Delaware County: $89,546 ±$1,375
  • about double the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

1.8% ±1.3% (87  ±62) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Delaware County: 10.2% 56,672 (±0.6% / ±3,206)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.3 minutes ±1.6 (59,000  ±8,363) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Delaware County: 28.1 6,422,560 (±0.4 / ±122,691)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,067 ±162 Number of households
  • Delaware County: 216,946 ±987
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (4,844  ±50) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Delaware County: 2.6 556,295 (±0 / ±275)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.4% ±5.1% (90  ±86) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Delaware County: 4.8% 6,564 (±0.5% / ±616)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,163 ±177 Number of housing units
  • Delaware County: 229,715 ±174
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$633,800 ±$61,006 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in Delaware County: $332,200 ±$4,050
  • more than double the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.9% ±3% (701  ±192.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Delaware County: 9.3% 53,356 (±0.5% / ±2,734.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

99.1% ±11.3% (3,360  ±417.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Delaware County: 93.9% 371,014 (±1.2% / ±4,547.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
81.5% ±9.7% (2,763  ±355.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Delaware County: 41.9% 165,724 (±0.7% / ±2,851.3)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

11.5% ±3.1% (751  ±200) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Delaware County: 11.2% 65,024
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5% ±2.4% (260  ±127) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Delaware County: 4.9% 22,065 (±0.3% / ±1,236)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
260 Total veterans ±127 240 Male ±113 20 Female ±33

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