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West Caln township, Chester County, PA

8,938 Population
21.6 square miles 413.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.6 ±3.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Chester County: 40.7 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$51,769 ±$7,885 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Chester County: $63,089 ±$919
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$100,221 ±$19,043 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Chester County: $123,041 ±$2,646
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

8% ±4.6% (711  ±409) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Chester County: 5.9% 31,305 (±0.5% / ±2,356)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

37 minutes ±8.4 (128,060  ±19,759) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Chester County: 27.5 6,021,710 (±0.2 / ±98,281)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

3,320 ±231 Number of households
  • Chester County: 202,405 ±843
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.7 ±0.2 (8,929  ±25) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Chester County: 2.6 525,607 (±0 / ±209)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

4.5% ±2.9% (74  ±49) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Chester County: 4.7% † 5,691 (±0.5% / ±580)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

3,416 ±253 Number of housing units
  • Chester County: 210,730 ±157
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$334,200 ±$24,871 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Chester County: $461,800 ±$4,298
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

5.8% ±2.7% (514  ±238.4) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Chester County: 10.5% 56,480 (±0.5% / ±2,642.1)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

90% ±5.5% (5,826  ±518.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Chester County: 94.9% 352,750 (±1.1% / ±4,095.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
29.1% ±4.5% (1,882  ±316.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Chester County: 56.6% 210,289 (±0.8% / ±3,049.3)
  • about 80 percent of 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

3.5% ±2.2% (311  ±192) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Chester County: 9.7% 52,191
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

8.1% ±2.9% (561  ±202) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Chester County: 5.3% 22,088 (±0.2% / ±1,015)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
561 Total veterans ±202 492 Male ±173 69 Female ±53

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