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Census Tract 3042.01, Chester, PA

7,149 Population
4.5 square miles 1,583.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.6 ±5.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Thorndale: 38.4 ±3.6
  • about the same as the figure in Chester County: 40.8 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$52,062 ±$5,063 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Thorndale: $50,264 † ±$6,715
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Chester County: $64,325 ±$924
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$105,234 ±$17,185 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Thorndale: $99,479 † ±$25,025
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Chester County: $127,208 ±$2,511
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

3.2% ±2.1% (228  ±147) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Thorndale: 2.4% † 93 (±2.4% / ±95)
  • about half the rate in Chester County: 6% 31,893 (±0.5% / ±2,496)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)

26.6 minutes ±1.7 (83,840  ±16,979) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Thorndale: 26.1 44,225 (±0.7 / ±12,427)
  • about the same as the figure in Chester County: 26.9 5,786,610 (±0.3 / ±102,849)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

2,929 ±314 Number of households
  • Thorndale: 1,548 † ±278
  • Chester County: 204,774 ±936
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
2.4 ±0.3 (7,030  ±622) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Thorndale: 2.5 † 3,842 (±0.3 / ±820)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Chester County: 2.6 532,015 (±0 / ±211)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066

4.9% ±4.1% (73  ±63) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Thorndale: 8.4% † 73 (±6.8% / ±63)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Chester County: 4.6% † 5,706 (±0.5% / ±612)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)

Housing

2,929 ±314 Number of housing units
  • Thorndale: 1,548 † ±278
  • Chester County: 212,491 ±225
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$339,300 ±$32,614 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Thorndale: $341,900 ±$29,133
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Chester County: $485,600 ±$4,003
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767

9.7% ±5.6% (689  ±397.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Thorndale: 14.6% † 552 (±9.5% / ±379.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Chester County: 10.3% 55,991 (±0.5% / ±2,529.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

96.2% ±7.7% (4,936  ±584.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Thorndale: 95.8% 2,534 (±3.3% / ±436.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Chester County: 94.9% 357,578 (±1% / ±3,932.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
44.4% ±6.5% (2,279  ±388.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Thorndale: 44.4% † 1,173 (±7.3% / ±276.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Chester County: 57.1% 215,329 (±0.8% / ±2,873.1)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)

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

5.9% ±3.7% (421  ±265) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Thorndale: 5.7% † 221 (±3.8% / ±155)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Chester County: 10.1% 55,147
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975

4.3% ±2.5% (242  ±144) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Thorndale: 3.4% † 104 (±2.5% / ±78)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Chester County: 4.8% 20,620 (±0.2% / ±922)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
242 Total veterans ±144 229 Male ±131 13 Female ±23

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