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Wayne, PA

6,902 Population
2.1 square miles 3,249.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.6 ±4.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$81,153 ±$13,518 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $49,178 ±$289
  • nearly double the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$143,981 ±$22,290 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $89,273 ±$595
  • nearly double the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

10% ±5.8% (681  ±400) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.7% 712,006 (±0.3% / ±15,436)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

27.2 minutes ±1.2 (77,080  ±14,687) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 29 73,926,390 (±0.1 / ±414,384)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

2,665 ±270 Number of households
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,445,882 ±4,260
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.5 ±0.4 (6,742  ±664) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2.5 6,082,637
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

4.6% ±3.7% (71  ±59) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 4.9% 72,141 (±0.2% / ±2,565)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

2,787 ±262 Number of housing units
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,608,248 ±586
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$664,900 ±$81,615 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about double the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $326,700 ±$1,400
  • more than double the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

12.6% ±4.9% (859  ±347.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11% 679,574 (±0.2% / ±11,191.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

96.1% ±16% (4,682  ±550.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 92.1% 4,004,383 (±0.4% / ±15,888.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
72.6% ±2.7% (3,536  ±437.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 41.5% 1,802,641 (±0.2% / ±9,808.4)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,157,318 (±0.2% / ±14,182.6)

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

16.3% ±6.1% (1,123  ±435) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.5% 718,497
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

2.7% ±1.5% (143  ±81) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 5.2% 253,749 (±0.1% / ±3,578)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
143 Total veterans ±81 111 Male ±68 32 Female ±36

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