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Downingtown, PA

8,255 Population
2.2 square miles 3,773.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 39.3 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$50,750 ±$4,898 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $50,461 ±$254
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$96,228 ±$8,481 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $91,289 ±$666
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

5.6% ±2.9% (462  ±238) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.5% 705,061 (±0.3% / ±15,926)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)

24.7 minutes ±2.3 (102,785  ±15,455) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 28.7 71,567,030 (±0.1 / ±429,115)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

3,526 ±225 Number of households
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,467,761 ±4,031
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
2.3 ±0.2 (8,158  ±25) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2.5 6,110,451
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066

2% ±1.8% (45  ±41) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 4.8% 71,489 (±0.2% / ±2,648)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)

Housing

3,697 ±234 Number of housing units
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,624,257 ±600
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$353,800 ±$18,133 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $351,900 ±$1,315
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767

13% ±4.2% (1,069  ±345) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 10.7% 663,003 (±0.2% / ±11,351.4)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

97.3% ±9.4% (6,001  ±631.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 92.3% 4,039,902 (±0.4% / ±16,566.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
49.2% ±6.7% (3,038  ±434.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 42.2% 1,847,450 (±0.2% / ±10,342.3)
  • about 1.4 times 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

16.6% ±5.4% (1,370  ±446) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.8% 742,429
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975

3.9% ±1.7% (256  ±114) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 4.9% 241,342 (±0.1% / ±3,707)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
256 Total veterans ±114 240 Male ±111 16 Female ±27

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