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Schuylkill township, Chester County, PA

8,864 Population
8.5 square miles 1,041.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.7 ±3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Chester County: 40.8 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$89,205 ±$17,874 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Chester County: $64,325 ±$924
  • about double the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
$171,786 ±$28,510 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Chester County: $127,208 ±$2,511
  • more than double the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342

2.7% ±1.2% (237  ±100) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Chester County: 6% 31,893 (±0.5% / ±2,496)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)

26.2 minutes ±2.2 (87,245  ±13,204) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Chester County: 26.9 5,786,610 (±0.3 / ±102,849)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)

Families

3,214 ±164 Number of households
  • Chester County: 204,774 ±936
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
2.7 ±0.1 (8,680  ±27) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Chester County: 2.6 532,015 (±0 / ±211)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066

3.9% ±2.3% (70  ±43) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Chester County: 4.6% † 5,706 (±0.5% / ±612)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)

Housing

3,338 ±176 Number of housing units
  • Chester County: 212,491 ±225
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672

$602,300 ±$29,792 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Chester County: $485,600 ±$4,003
  • more than double the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767

9.5% ±3.2% (832  ±276.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Chester County: 10.3% 55,991 (±0.5% / ±2,529.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)

Social

96.2% ±6.6% (5,940  ±472) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Chester County: 94.9% 357,578 (±1% / ±3,932.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
69.9% ±5.5% (4,316  ±381.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Chester County: 57.1% 215,329 (±0.8% / ±2,873.1)
  • about double the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)

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

4.8% ±1.6% (428  ±139) 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

4.3% ±1.7% (305  ±118) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Chester County: 4.8% 20,620 (±0.2% / ±922)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
305 Total veterans ±118 287 Male ±115 18 Female ±21

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