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Delaware County, PA

573,849 Population
183.8 square miles 3,121.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.2 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$44,405 ±$1,373 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $38,315 ±$210
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$78,220 ±$3,637 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $68,957 ±$505
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

10.1% ±1.3% (56,144  ±6,923) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.1% 1,519,032 (±0.3% / ±31,274)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

27 minutes ±0.7 (5,775,710  ±236,271) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 25.7 126,990,176 (±0.2 / ±1,159,131)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

218,280 ±2,108 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,228,956 ±12,804
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.5 ±0 (552,433  ±3,391) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,553,547 (±0)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

4.6% ±1.1% (6,101  ±1,459) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5% 143,491 (±0.2% / ±6,944)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

229,381 ±1,346 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,770,472 ±639
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$285,300 ±$9,887 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $222,300 ±$1,434
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

9.8% ±1.2% (55,705  ±6,557.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.8% 1,390,202 (±0.3% / ±33,194.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

94.1% ±2.2% (370,503  ±8,829.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,418,661 (±0.5% / ±42,404.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
42.9% ±1.5% (168,656  ±5,798.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 34.5% 3,164,985 (±0.3% / ±23,883.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

14.1% ±1.1% (76,064  ±5,818) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,447,986 (±0.2% / ±25,911.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 21.6% 67,754,440 (±0.1% / ±171,150.5)

11.1% ±0.8% (63,790  ±4,765) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.2% 938,636 (±0.2% / ±22,145)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

4.7% ±0.5% (20,981  ±2,120) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.2% 641,525 (±0.1% / ±10,939)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
20,981 Total veterans ±2,120 19,918 Male ±2,078 1,063 Female ±446

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