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Wallingford-Swarthmore School District, PA

22,950 Population
7 square miles 3,283.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.8 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Delaware County: 39 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.8 ±0.1

Economics

$63,697 ±$4,136 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Delaware County: $43,518 ±$624
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $37,725 ±$165
$129,625 ±$8,517 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Delaware County: $80,398 ±$1,344
  • nearly double the amount in Pennsylvania: $67,587 ±$271

4.3% ±1.4% (922  ±291) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Delaware County: 9.6% 53,247 (±0.6% / ±3,360)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,482,811 (±0.1% / ±18,030)

29 minutes ±1.1 (276,620  ±19,711) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Delaware County: 29 7,195,690 (±0.4 / ±127,364)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.9 149,931,280 (±0.1 / ±616,528)

Families

8,275 ±270 Number of households
  • Delaware County: 214,252 ±919
  • Pennsylvania: 5,147,783 ±8,001
2.6 ±0.1 (21,173  ±365) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Delaware County: 2.6 552,094 (±0 / ±1,210)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,556,941

4.4% ±2.3% (223  ±115) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Delaware County: 4.7% 6,244 (±0.5% / ±608)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5% 145,623 (±0.1% / ±3,238)

Housing

8,611 ±304 Number of housing units
  • Delaware County: 228,520 ±490
  • Pennsylvania: 5,728,788 ±563

$378,300 ±$16,609 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Delaware County: $257,100 ±$3,442
  • nearly double the amount in Pennsylvania: $197,300 ±$613

9.7% ±2.2% (2,195  ±502.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Delaware County: 10.9% 62,149 (±0.5% / ±2,940.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,511,621 (±0.1% / ±15,073.9)

Social

97.7% ±5% (14,653  ±858.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Delaware County: 93.4% 365,436 (±1.1% / ±4,194.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.4% 8,324,121 (±0.2% / ±20,896.7)
69.3% ±4.2% (10,388  ±694.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Delaware County: 40.6% 158,583 (±0.6% / ±2,484.3)
  • more than double the rate in Pennsylvania: 33.1% 3,017,250 (±0.1% / ±12,338.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

10.8% ±2.1% (2,468  ±485) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Delaware County: 10.8% 61,813 (±0.3% / ±1,931)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.1% 924,624 (±0.1% / ±8,550)

5.2% ±1.2% (917  ±207) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Delaware County: 5.5% 24,386 (±0.2% / ±859)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.9% 703,580 (±0.1% / ±4,808)
917 Total veterans ±207 889 Male ±205 28 Female ±28

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