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Chester-Upland School District, PA

40,308 Population
6.9 square miles 5,832.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.6 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Delaware County: 39 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,370 ±$1,416 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Delaware County: $48,676 ±$681
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$44,342 ±$5,119 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Delaware County: $88,576 ±$1,853
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

27.9% ±3.2% (10,480  ±1,192) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Delaware County: 10.2% 56,407 (±0.5% / ±3,004)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

21.9 minutes ±1 (310,870  ±25,234) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Delaware County: 28.4 6,695,360 (±0.4 / ±120,828)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

15,466 ±629 Number of households
  • Delaware County: 216,660 ±997
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.4 ±0.1 (37,291  ±61) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Delaware County: 2.6 553,942 (±0 / ±255)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

4.2% ±1.8% (419  ±178) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Delaware County: 4.8% 6,514 (±0.4% / ±565)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

17,968 ±592 Number of housing units
  • Delaware County: 229,390 ±196
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$95,800 ±$6,443 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in Delaware County: $302,400 ±$5,023
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

12.3% ±2.4% (4,918  ±,940.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Delaware County: 9.7% 55,436 (±0.5% / ±2,856.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

87% ±3.6% (21,806  ±1,183.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Delaware County: 93.6% 367,663 (±1.1% / ±4,420.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
14.4% ±2% (3,599  ±,516.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in Delaware County: 41.6% 163,404 (±0.7% / ±2,711)
  • about two-fifths of 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

4% ±1.2% (1,625  ±476) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Delaware County: 11.2% 64,232
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

5.6% ±1.4% (1,707  ±419) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Delaware County: 5.1% 22,657 (±0.2% / ±1,043)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
1,707 Total veterans ±419 1,549 Male ±416 158 Female ±66

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