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Upper Darby township, Delaware County, PA

86,031 Population
7.8 square miles 10,994 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Delaware County: 39.5 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 41.2 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$33,596 ±$3,022 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Delaware County: $51,002 ±$1,923
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,674 ±$329
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$63,967 ±$10,431 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Delaware County: $90,088 ±$3,735
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,545 ±$816
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

19.6% ±6.7% (16,857  ±5,733) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Delaware County: 10.8% † 60,826 (±1.3% / ±7,017)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.6% 1,464,236 (±0.3% / ±33,897)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

31.5 minutes ±1.1 (1,182,260  ±57,409) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Delaware County: 28.1 6,422,560 (±0.4 / ±122,691)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

31,711 ±1,915 Number of households
  • Delaware County: 216,615 ±2,334
  • Pennsylvania: 5,361,724 ±11,743
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.7 ±0.2 (85,880  ±50) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Delaware County: 2.6 561,218 (±0 / ±290)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,638,571
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.6% ±3.7% (1,495  ±838) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Delaware County: 5.3% † 7,298 (±1.1% / ±1,502)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.8% 139,720 (±0.2% / ±5,970)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

33,506 ±2,071 Number of housing units
  • Delaware County: 230,250 ±127
  • Pennsylvania: 5,861,320 ±507
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$257,900 ±$17,325 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Delaware County: $367,100 ±$8,615
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $277,600 ±$1,517
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

8.3% ±2.5% (7,034  ±2,101.7) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Delaware County: 8.4% † 48,683 (±1% / ±5,742.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.1% 1,304,951 (±0.3% / ±33,022.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92% ±5.9% (52,658  ±4,152.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Delaware County: 94.4% 376,659 (±2.5% / ±9,930.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.4% 8,556,816 (±0.5% / ±44,451.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
34.1% ±3.7% (19,497  ±2,281.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Delaware County: 44.4% 177,020 (±1.7% / ±6,627.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 36.4% 3,369,510 (±0.3% / ±28,358.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

20.7% ±3.4% (17,786  ±2,892) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Delaware County: 11% 64,424
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 8.3% 1,090,675
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.8% ±1.8% (3,104  ±1,170) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Delaware County: 4.5% † 20,595 (±0.5% / ±2,080)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.8% 601,407 (±0.1% / ±10,364)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
3,104 Total veterans ±1,170 2,973 Male ±1,161 131 Female ±214

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