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Downingtown Area School District, PA

79,686 Population
78.5 square miles 1,014.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.6 ±2.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Chester County: 40.6 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 41.1 ±0.1

Economics

$68,527 ±$5,687 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Chester County: $62,011 ±$2,002
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $42,605 ±$319
$144,583 ±$10,846 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Chester County: $120,903 ±$3,047
  • about double the amount in Pennsylvania: $73,824 ±$511

2.5% ±1.2% (2,009  ±924) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Chester County: 6.1% † 32,825 (±0.9% / ±4,656)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 12% 1,500,959 (±0.3% / ±35,821)

27.5 minutes ±0.5 (850,820  ±35,075) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in Chester County: 27.5 6,021,710 (±0.2 / ±98,281)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

28,838 ±1,914 Number of households
  • Chester County: 205,426 ±2,210
  • Pennsylvania: 5,324,209 ±13,443
2.8 ±0.1 (79,222  ±5,771) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Chester County: 2.6 533,978 (±0 / ±350)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,527,719

2.5% ±1.3% (449  ±235) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Chester County: 4.9% † 6,011 (±1.1% / ±1,302)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.2% 149,597 (±0.3% / ±7,546)

Housing

29,756 ±1,960 Number of housing units
  • Chester County: 214,831 ±144
  • Pennsylvania: 5,839,797 ±484

$506,600 ±$33,089 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Chester County: $489,500 ±$10,154
  • about double the amount in Pennsylvania: $259,900 ±$1,736

6.6% ±2.5% (5,246  ±2,005.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Chester County: 8.9% 48,324 (±0.9% / ±4,712)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.6% 1,355,260 (±0.2% / ±31,094.2)

Social

98% ±2.7% (52,538  ±3,912) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Chester County: 94.6% 360,317 (±2.4% / ±9,030.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.2% 8,455,035 (±0.5% / ±43,404.4)
68.1% ±3.2% (36,526  ±3,060.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Chester County: 57.9% 220,321 (±1.7% / ±6,623.1)
  • nearly double 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

13% ±2.9% (10,391  ±2,395) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Chester County: 10.9% 59,668
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 8% 1,031,320

3.5% ±1.2% (2,116  ±719) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Chester County: 4.8% 20,585 (±0.5% / ±1,956)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.9% 614,022 (±0.1% / ±10,859)
2,116 Total veterans ±719 1,865 Male ±636 251 Female ±272

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