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Chester County (East Central)--West Chester Borough PUMA, PA

135,809 Population
76.1 square miles 1,784.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.6 ±1.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 41.2 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$63,859 ±$3,313 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,674 ±$329
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$135,265 ±$10,263 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,545 ±$816
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

5.1% ±1.6% (6,489  ±2,101) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.6% 1,464,236 (±0.3% / ±33,897)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

27.6 minutes ±2 (1,680,985  ±178,407) 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

53,056 ±2,647 Number of households
  • Pennsylvania: 5,361,724 ±11,743
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (127,379  ±6,884) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,638,571
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

2.8% ±1.4% (984  ±503) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.8% 139,720 (±0.2% / ±5,970)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

54,475 ±2,706 Number of housing units
  • Pennsylvania: 5,861,320 ±507
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$598,400 ±$21,118 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in Pennsylvania: $277,600 ±$1,517
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

14.3% ±2.6% (19,328  ±3,587) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.1% 1,304,951 (±0.3% / ±33,022.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

98% ±2.2% (90,450  ±5,206) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.4% 8,556,816 (±0.5% / ±44,451.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
65.6% ±2.5% (60,552  ±3,957.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 36.4% 3,369,510 (±0.3% / ±28,358.2)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

10.3% ±1.3% (12,309  ±1,504.6) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 12.4% 1,529,209 (±0.1% / ±12,347.2)
  • about half the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

12.4% ±2.1% (16,775  ±3,012) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 8.3% 1,090,675
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3.1% ±0.7% (3,438  ±828) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.8% 601,407 (±0.1% / ±10,364)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
3,438 Total veterans ±828 3,216 Male ±830 222 Female ±193

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