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Wallingford-Swarthmore School District, PA

23,138 Population
7 square miles 3,310.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40 ±0.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Delaware County: 39 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$68,707 ±$4,202 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Delaware County: $48,676 ±$681
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$146,315 ±$8,329 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Delaware County: $88,576 ±$1,853
  • nearly double the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

4.7% ±1.6% (995  ±341) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Delaware County: 10.2% 56,407 (±0.5% / ±3,004)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

29.8 minutes ±1.4 (257,900  ±22,073) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Delaware County: 28.4 6,695,360 (±0.4 / ±120,828)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

7,959 ±276 Number of households
  • Delaware County: 216,660 ±997
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.7 ±0.1 (21,095  ±378) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Delaware County: 2.6 553,942 (±0 / ±255)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

5.5% ±2.7% (288  ±140) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Delaware County: 4.8% 6,514 (±0.4% / ±565)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

8,247 ±262 Number of housing units
  • Delaware County: 229,390 ±196
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$465,700 ±$22,249 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Delaware County: $302,400 ±$5,023
  • nearly double the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

8.2% ±1.8% (1,880  ±406.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Delaware County: 9.7% 55,436 (±0.5% / ±2,856.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

97.3% ±5.1% (14,621  ±859.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Delaware County: 93.6% 367,663 (±1.1% / ±4,420.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
69.4% ±4.2% (10,434  ±682.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Delaware County: 41.6% 163,404 (±0.7% / ±2,711)
  • about double 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

10.6% ±2% (2,448  ±458) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Delaware County: 11.2% 64,232
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

5% ±1.1% (886  ±192) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Delaware County: 5.1% 22,657 (±0.2% / ±1,043)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
886 Total veterans ±192 793 Male ±165 93 Female ±61

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