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Octorara Area School District, PA

18,436 Population
79.4 square miles 232.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Chester County: 40.7 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$40,569 ±$2,071 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Chester County: $63,089 ±$919
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$92,107 ±$5,560 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Chester County: $123,041 ±$2,646
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

11.2% ±3.1% (2,051  ±560) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Chester County: 5.9% 31,305 (±0.5% / ±2,356)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

31 minutes ±1.5 (247,210  ±19,039) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Chester County: 27.5 6,021,710 (±0.2 / ±98,281)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

6,338 ±244 Number of households
  • Chester County: 202,405 ±843
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.9 ±0.1 (18,274  ±486) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Chester County: 2.6 525,607 (±0 / ±209)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

9.5% ±2.9% (370  ±116) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in Chester County: 4.7% † 5,691 (±0.5% / ±580)
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

6,477 ±252 Number of housing units
  • Chester County: 210,730 ±157
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$311,100 ±$17,081 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Chester County: $461,800 ±$4,298
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

5.7% ±1.1% (1,035  ±199.9) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Chester County: 10.5% 56,480 (±0.5% / ±2,642.1)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

86.6% ±3.1% (9,972  ±520.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Chester County: 94.9% 352,750 (±1.1% / ±4,095.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
28.9% ±2.2% (3,321  ±280.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Chester County: 56.6% 210,289 (±0.8% / ±3,049.3)
  • about 80 percent of 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

4.9% ±1.6% (908  ±297) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Chester County: 9.7% 52,191
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

5% ±0.7% (660  ±101) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Chester County: 5.3% 22,088 (±0.2% / ±1,015)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
660 Total veterans ±101 628 Male ±100 32 Female ±26

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