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Chester, PA

33,209 Population
4.8 square miles 6,870.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.3 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,451 ±$1,530 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $49,178 ±$289
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$39,809 ±$5,629 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $89,273 ±$595
  • about half the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

30.8% ±3.7% (9,377  ±1,133) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.7% 712,006 (±0.3% / ±15,436)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

21.8 minutes ±0.7 (241,790  ±21,163) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 29 73,926,390 (±0.1 / ±414,384)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

12,577 ±607 Number of households
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,445,882 ±4,260
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.4 ±0.1 (30,204  ±56) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2.5 6,082,637
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

4.3% ±2.1% (358  ±174) 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: 4.9% 72,141 (±0.2% / ±2,565)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

14,845 ±556 Number of housing units
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,608,248 ±586
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$85,400 ±$6,602 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-quarter of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $326,700 ±$1,400
  • about one-third of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

12.4% ±2.3% (4,084  ±755.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11% 679,574 (±0.2% / ±11,191.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

86.1% ±3.8% (17,583  ±1,093.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 92.1% 4,004,383 (±0.4% / ±15,888.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
13.3% ±2.1% (2,708  ±443) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 41.5% 1,802,641 (±0.2% / ±9,808.4)
  • about two-fifths 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

4.3% ±1.4% (1,427  ±467) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.5% 718,497
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

5.4% ±1.3% (1,354  ±326) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 5.2% 253,749 (±0.1% / ±3,578)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
1,354 Total veterans ±326 1,208 Male ±321 146 Female ±67

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