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Kennett Square borough, Chester County, PA

6,096 Population
1.1 square miles 5,722.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±4.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Chester County: 40.7 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$47,227 ±$9,636 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Chester County: $63,089 ±$919
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$74,259 ±$10,316 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Chester County: $123,041 ±$2,646
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

4.5% ±1.9% (274  ±118) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Chester County: 5.9% 31,305 (±0.5% / ±2,356)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

19.8 minutes ±1.6 (57,580  ±7,011) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Chester County: 27.5 6,021,710 (±0.2 / ±98,281)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

2,150 ±193 Number of households
  • Chester County: 202,405 ±843
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.8 ±0.3 (6,059  ±20) 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

5.4% ±3.2% (78  ±47) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Chester County: 4.7% † 5,691 (±0.5% / ±580)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

2,348 ±215 Number of housing units
  • Chester County: 210,730 ±157
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$347,700 ±$37,024 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Chester County: $461,800 ±$4,298
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

6.6% ±3.3% (395  ±194.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Chester County: 10.5% 56,480 (±0.5% / ±2,642.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

82% ±8.4% (3,246  ±362.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Chester County: 94.9% 352,750 (±1.1% / ±4,095.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
36.3% ±5.2% (1,437  ±214.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Chester County: 56.6% 210,289 (±0.8% / ±3,049.3)
  • a little higher than 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

28.4% ±6% (1,733  ±364) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Chester County: 9.7% 52,191
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

3.2% ±1.2% (149  ±55) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Chester County: 5.3% 22,088 (±0.2% / ±1,015)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
149 Total veterans ±55 143 Male ±50 6 Female ±10

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