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Chester County, PA

560,745 Population
750.6 square miles 747.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 41.2 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$64,524 ±$1,885 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,674 ±$329
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$131,424 ±$5,797 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,545 ±$816
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

6.3% ±1% (34,588  ±5,221) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.6% 1,464,236 (±0.3% / ±33,897)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

28.4 minutes ±0.7 (6,498,565  ±254,012) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 27.1 149,007,180 (±0.2 / ±1,276,446)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

209,767 ±1,477 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,361,724 ±11,743
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.6 ±0 (544,254  ±188) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,638,571
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.1% ±1.3% (6,529  ±1,613) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.8% 139,720 (±0.2% / ±5,970)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

215,948 ±88 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,861,320 ±507
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$538,900 ±$14,396 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in Pennsylvania: $277,600 ±$1,517
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9.5% ±1.1% (52,771  ±6,127.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.1% 1,304,951 (±0.3% / ±33,022.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

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

10.9% (60,962  ±4,423) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 8.3% 1,090,675
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3.9% ±0.4% (16,949  ±1,901) Population with veteran status
  • 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)
16,949 Total veterans ±1,901 15,744 Male ±1,763 1,205 Female ±616

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