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Chester, PA

33,048 Population
4.8 square miles 6,837.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.7 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 39 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.8 ±0.1

Economics

$21,949 ±$1,209 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $47,051 ±$265
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $41,234 ±$183
$39,193 ±$4,664 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $85,555 ±$633
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $73,170 ±$347

28.3% ±3.6% (8,564  ±1,100) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.8% 717,699 (±0.2% / ±13,169)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,482,439 (±0.1% / ±18,052)

21.7 minutes ±1.4 (245,705  ±22,170) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 29.3 76,587,890 (±0.1 / ±433,372)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.7 146,141,410 (±0.1 / ±650,543)

Families

12,471 ±539 Number of households
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,419,824 ±4,392
  • Pennsylvania: 5,193,727 ±8,465
2.4 ±0.1 (29,890  ±48) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2.5 6,075,423
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,572,124

4.1% ±1.7% (366  ±149) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 4.8% 70,787 (±0.2% / ±2,171)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,663 (±0.1% / ±3,328)

Housing

14,544 ±482 Number of housing units
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,590,451 ±614
  • Pennsylvania: 5,753,908 ±890

$80,800 ±$8,502 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-quarter of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $304,900 ±$1,451
  • about one-third of the amount in Pennsylvania: $226,200 ±$546

13.4% ±2.5% (4,389  ±,818.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.4% 701,265 (±0.2% / ±10,666.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.4% 1,468,975 (±0.1% / ±15,527.1)

Social

86.5% ±4.4% (17,611  ±1,082.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 91.8% 3,971,356 (±0.4% / ±16,121.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.7% 8,366,889 (±0.2% / ±21,602.8)
13.6% ±2% (2,768  ±,412.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 40.6% 1,756,558 (±0.2% / ±9,842.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 33.8% 3,081,318 (±0.2% / ±13,474.5)

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

3.2% ±1% (1,066  ±319) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.4% 707,996
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.3% 941,805

5.5% ±1.3% (1,402  ±319) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 5.4% 264,594 (±0.1% / ±3,594)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.6% 680,824 (±0.1% / ±5,453)
1,402 Total veterans ±319 1,331 Male ±317 71 Female ±56

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