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Downingtown Area School District, PA

82,885 Population
78.5 square miles 1,055.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.8 ±2.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Chester County: 41 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 41.2 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$69,950 ±$5,155 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Chester County: $64,524 ±$1,885
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,674 ±$329
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$152,549 ±$15,097 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Chester County: $131,424 ±$5,797
  • about double the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,545 ±$816
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

1.6% ±1% (1,345  ±837) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Chester County: 6.3% † 34,588 (±1% / ±5,221)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.6% 1,464,236 (±0.3% / ±33,897)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

26.7 minutes ±1 (804,350  ±46,602) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • 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)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

29,166 ±1,964 Number of households
  • Chester County: 209,767 ±1,477
  • Pennsylvania: 5,361,724 ±11,743
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.8 ±0.1 (82,453  ±6,429) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Chester County: 2.6 544,254 (±0 / ±188)
  • 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

3.9% ±2.4% (743  ±470) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Chester County: 5.1% † 6,529 (±1.3% / ±1,613)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.8% 139,720 (±0.2% / ±5,970)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

29,211 ±1,972 Number of housing units
  • Chester County: 215,948 ±88
  • Pennsylvania: 5,861,320 ±507
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$610,200 ±$24,376 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Chester County: $538,900 ±$14,396
  • more than double the amount in Pennsylvania: $277,600 ±$1,517
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

4.8% ±1.6% (3,968  ±1,308.4) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Chester County: 9.5% † 52,771 (±1.1% / ±6,127.2)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.1% 1,304,951 (±0.3% / ±33,022.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

98% ±1.6% (56,357  ±4,069.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Chester County: 95% 368,525 (±2.3% / ±9,083.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.4% 8,556,816 (±0.5% / ±44,451.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
64.5% ±3% (37,078  ±3,122.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Chester County: 58% 225,091 (±1.8% / ±6,992.9)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 36.4% 3,369,510 (±0.3% / ±28,358.2)
  • more than 1.5 times 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

14.5% ±3% (12,053  ±2,671) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Chester County: 10.9% 60,962
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 8.3% 1,090,675
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3.8% ±1.2% (2,388  ±801) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Chester County: 3.9% † 16,949 (±0.4% / ±1,901)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.8% 601,407 (±0.1% / ±10,364)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
2,388 Total veterans ±801 2,236 Male ±763 152 Female ±182

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