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Downingtown, PA

8,163 Population
2.2 square miles 3,731 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.7 ±3.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 39.1 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$44,167 ±$4,815 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $49,178 ±$289
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$82,292 ±$16,685 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $89,273 ±$595
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

7.1% ±3.6% (567  ±289) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.7% 712,006 (±0.3% / ±15,436)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

23.9 minutes ±3.9 (95,885  ±10,705) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 29 73,926,390 (±0.1 / ±414,384)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

3,510 ±232 Number of households
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,445,882 ±4,260
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.3 ±0.2 (7,982  ±26) 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
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

5.7% ±3.5% (129  ±81) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 4.9% 72,141 (±0.2% / ±2,565)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

3,658 ±237 Number of housing units
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,608,248 ±586
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$322,500 ±$15,938 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $326,700 ±$1,400
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

15.1% ±6.2% (1,212  ±496.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11% 679,574 (±0.2% / ±11,191.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

96.8% ±9.3% (5,928  ±631.7) 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)
46.4% ±6.8% (2,840  ±435) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 41.5% 1,802,641 (±0.2% / ±9,808.4)
  • about 1.4 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

13.5% ±5.9% (1,104  ±479) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.5% 718,497
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

4.3% ±1.7% (280  ±111) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 5.2% 253,749 (±0.1% / ±3,578)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
280 Total veterans ±111 250 Male ±105 30 Female ±26

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