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Delaware County (Southeast)--Chester City PUMA, PA

149,931 Population
30.5 square miles 4,919.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.3 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 41.2 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$33,004 ±$1,660 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,674 ±$329
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$71,423 ±$6,722 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,545 ±$816
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

15.3% ±3% (22,535  ±4,543) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.6% 1,464,236 (±0.3% / ±33,897)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

27.6 minutes ±1.7 (1,701,765  ±162,904) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 27.1 149,007,180 (±0.2 / ±1,276,446)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

56,818 ±2,369 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,361,724 ±11,743
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.6 ±0 (146,995  ±6,603) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,638,571
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.6% ±3% (2,411  ±1,116) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.8% 139,720 (±0.2% / ±5,970)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

62,682 ±2,721 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,861,320 ±507
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$234,300 ±$9,539 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $277,600 ±$1,517
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

7.7% ±1.8% (11,433  ±2,740.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.1% 1,304,951 (±0.3% / ±33,022.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90.8% ±3.3% (90,421  ±5,382.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.4% 8,556,816 (±0.5% / ±44,451.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
23% ±2.4% (22,941  ±2,581.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 36.4% 3,369,510 (±0.3% / ±28,358.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

9% ±1.3% (12,526  ±1,868.7) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.4% 1,529,209 (±0.1% / ±12,347.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

8.9% ±1.7% (13,345  ±2,638) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 8.3% 1,090,675
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.8% ±1.1% (6,523  ±1,325) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.8% 601,407 (±0.1% / ±10,364)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
6,523 Total veterans ±1,325 5,751 Male ±1,225 772 Female ±632

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