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Penn township, Chester County, PA

5,744 Population
9.6 square miles 598.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.8 ±4.1 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Chester County: 40.8 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$72,849 ±$12,920 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Chester County: $64,325 ±$924
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$136,250 ±$25,131 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Chester County: $127,208 ±$2,511
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

2.1% ±1.5% (120  ±85) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Chester County: 6% 31,893 (±0.5% / ±2,496)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

35.2 minutes ±4.4 (66,525  ±13,926) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Chester County: 26.9 5,786,610 (±0.3 / ±102,849)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,043 ±165 Number of households
  • Chester County: 204,774 ±936
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.2 (5,683  ±18) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Chester County: 2.6 532,015 (±0 / ±211)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.2% ±4.2% (38  ±50) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Chester County: 4.6% † 5,706 (±0.5% / ±612)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,201 ±198 Number of housing units
  • Chester County: 212,491 ±225
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$498,600 ±$36,548 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Chester County: $485,600 ±$4,003
  • about double the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7% ±4.2% (399  ±240.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Chester County: 10.3% 55,991 (±0.5% / ±2,529.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.2% ±10% (3,637  ±472.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Chester County: 94.9% 357,578 (±1% / ±3,932.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
57% ±8.4% (2,272  ±369.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Chester County: 57.1% 215,329 (±0.8% / ±2,873.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.9% ±2.6% (281  ±148) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Chester County: 10.1% 55,147
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10% ±4.5% (463  ±209) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Chester County: 4.8% 20,620 (±0.2% / ±922)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
463 Total veterans ±209 402 Male ±159 61 Female ±76

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