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Delaware County, PA

576,720 Population
183.8 square miles 3,137.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.5 ±0.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 41.1 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$46,995 ±$1,771 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $42,605 ±$319
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$84,085 ±$2,300 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $73,824 ±$511
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

11% ±1.4% (60,655  ±7,991) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 12% 1,500,959 (±0.3% / ±35,821)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

30 minutes ±0.8 (6,947,035  ±271,352) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.5 143,170,690 (±0.2 / ±1,207,617)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

215,645 ±2,734 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,324,209 ±13,443
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.6 ±0 (554,242  ±846) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,527,719
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.4% ±1.2% (7,229  ±1,569) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.2% 149,597 (±0.3% / ±7,546)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

230,090 ±349 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,839,797 ±484
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$333,800 ±$9,493 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $259,900 ±$1,736
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

8.6% ±1.1% (49,192  ±6,252.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.6% 1,355,260 (±0.2% / ±31,094.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

93.4% ±2.4% (367,773  ±9,417.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.2% 8,455,035 (±0.5% / ±43,404.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
42.9% ±1.6% (168,805  ±6,117.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.3% 3,241,343 (±0.3% / ±27,591.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

13.7% ±1.1% (74,291  ±5,852.1) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 13% 1,598,408 (±0.2% / ±27,363.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 22.5% 71,109,120 (±0.1% / ±222,236.2)

11.9% (68,385  ±6,356) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 8% 1,031,320
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

4.9% ±0.6% (21,920  ±2,699) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.9% 614,022 (±0.1% / ±10,859)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
21,920 Total veterans ±2,699 20,420 Male ±2,597 1,500 Female ±707

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