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Upper Darby township, Delaware County, PA

84,893 Population
7.8 square miles 10,848.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.7 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Delaware County: 39.5 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 41.1 ±0.1

Economics

$33,401 ±$2,903 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Delaware County: $46,995 ±$1,771
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $42,605 ±$319
$68,562 ±$5,977 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Delaware County: $84,085 ±$2,300
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $73,824 ±$511

12.5% ±5.1% (10,565  ±4,334) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Delaware County: 11% † 60,655 (±1.4% / ±7,991)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 12% 1,500,959 (±0.3% / ±35,821)

32.8 minutes ±1.3 (1,282,620  ±66,049) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Delaware County: 28.4 6,695,360 (±0.4 / ±120,828)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

31,584 ±1,961 Number of households
  • Delaware County: 215,645 ±2,734
  • Pennsylvania: 5,324,209 ±13,443
2.7 ±0.2 (84,751  ±35) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Delaware County: 2.6 554,242 (±0 / ±846)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,527,719

4.4% ±1.9% (1,141  ±502) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Delaware County: 5.4% † 7,229 (±1.2% / ±1,569)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.2% 149,597 (±0.3% / ±7,546)

Housing

34,517 ±2,157 Number of housing units
  • Delaware County: 230,090 ±349
  • Pennsylvania: 5,839,797 ±484

$244,300 ±$18,495 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Delaware County: $333,800 ±$9,493
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $259,900 ±$1,736

8.4% ±4% (7,022  ±3,319.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Delaware County: 8.6% † 49,192 (±1.1% / ±6,252.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.6% 1,355,260 (±0.2% / ±31,094.2)

Social

90.6% ±6.9% (50,503  ±4,442.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Delaware County: 93.4% 367,773 (±2.4% / ±9,417.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.2% 8,455,035 (±0.5% / ±43,404.4)
38% ±4.5% (21,180  ±2,685.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Delaware County: 42.9% 168,805 (±1.6% / ±6,117.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.3% 3,241,343 (±0.3% / ±27,591.6)

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

24.4% ±4.2% (20,701  ±3,587) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Delaware County: 11.9% 68,385
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 8% 1,031,320

3.8% ±1.2% (2,416  ±751) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Delaware County: 4.9% † 21,920 (±0.6% / ±2,699)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.9% 614,022 (±0.1% / ±10,859)
2,416 Total veterans ±751 2,156 Male ±706 260 Female ±193

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