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West Chester, PA

19,016 Population
1.8 square miles 10,300 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

24.6 ±0.8 Median age
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 39 ±0.1
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.8 ±0.1

Economics

$41,443 ±$3,935 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $47,051 ±$265
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $41,234 ±$183
$71,875 ±$9,059 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $85,555 ±$633
  • about the same as the amount in Pennsylvania: $73,170 ±$347

21% ±5% (3,110  ±748) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.8% 717,699 (±0.2% / ±13,169)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,482,439 (±0.1% / ±18,052)

22.1 minutes ±1.2 (209,070  ±20,136) 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

6,996 ±326 Number of households
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,419,824 ±4,392
  • Pennsylvania: 5,193,727 ±8,465
2.1 ±0.1 (14,679  ±163) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2.5 6,075,423
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,572,124

0.5% ±0.5% (42  ±36) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 4.8% 70,787 (±0.2% / ±2,171)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,663 (±0.1% / ±3,328)

Housing

7,462 ±340 Number of housing units
  • the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 2,590,451 ±614
  • Pennsylvania: 5,753,908 ±890

$463,000 ±$17,341 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: $304,900 ±$1,451
  • about double the amount in Pennsylvania: $226,200 ±$546

32.2% ±3.5% (6,105  ±,657.9) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.4% 701,265 (±0.2% / ±10,666.2)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.4% 1,468,975 (±0.1% / ±15,527.1)

Social

94.5% ±3.2% (8,665  ±,662.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher 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 higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.7% 8,366,889 (±0.2% / ±21,602.8)
55.6% ±3% (5,097  ±,445.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 40.6% 1,756,558 (±0.2% / ±9,842.1)
  • more than 1.5 times 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

5.1% ±1.1% (971  ±211) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 11.4% 707,996
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.3% 941,805

2.6% ±0.8% (454  ±138) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro Area: 5.4% 264,594 (±0.1% / ±3,594)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.6% 680,824 (±0.1% / ±5,453)
454 Total veterans ±138 356 Male ±107 98 Female ±85

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