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Chester Heights, PA

2,922 Population
2.2 square miles 1,320 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.6 ±9.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$57,748 ±$8,579 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $49,178 ±$289
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$110,729 ±$17,086 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $89,273 ±$595
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

5.3% ±2.5% (150  ±72) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.7% 712,006 (±0.3% / ±15,436)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

28.5 minutes ±5.8 (31,390  ±3,788) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 29 73,926,390 (±0.1 / ±414,384)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

1,316 ±121 Number of households
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,445,882 ±4,260
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.1 ±0.2 (2,822  ±48) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2.5 6,082,637
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,404 ±116 Number of housing units
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,608,248 ±586
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$296,600 ±$15,829 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $326,700 ±$1,400
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

8.6% ±4.7% (250  ±138.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11% 679,574 (±0.2% / ±11,191.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

95.7% ±10.1% (2,111  ±250.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher 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 higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
56.6% ±8.1% (1,247  ±190.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 41.5% 1,802,641 (±0.2% / ±9,808.4)
  • more than 1.5 times 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

7.6% ±4.1% (222  ±120) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.5% 718,497
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

3.6% ±2.9% (82  ±66) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 5.2% 253,749 (±0.1% / ±3,578)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
82 Total veterans ±66 82 Male ±66 N/A Female ±11

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