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West Chester Area School District, PA

117,302 Population
73.3 square miles 1,601.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.1 ±2.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Chester County: 40.6 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 41.1 ±0.1

Economics

$58,536 ±$4,190 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Chester County: $62,011 ±$2,002
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $42,605 ±$319
$122,033 ±$8,175 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Chester County: $120,903 ±$3,047
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $73,824 ±$511

7.2% ±2.4% (7,865  ±2,637) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Chester County: 6.1% † 32,825 (±0.9% / ±4,656)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Pennsylvania: 12% 1,500,959 (±0.3% / ±35,821)

25.8 minutes ±3.6 (1,272,410  ±124,480) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Chester County: 27.9 6,397,135 (±0.7 / ±237,617)
  • a little less than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.5 143,170,690 (±0.2 / ±1,207,617)

Families

44,786 ±2,642 Number of households
  • Chester County: 205,426 ±2,210
  • Pennsylvania: 5,324,209 ±13,443
2.4 ±0.1 (109,210  ±8,018) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Chester County: 2.6 533,978 (±0 / ±350)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,527,719

4.1% ±1.9% (1,228  ±566) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Chester County: 4.9% † 6,011 (±1.1% / ±1,302)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.2% 149,597 (±0.3% / ±7,546)

Housing

47,868 ±2,725 Number of housing units
  • Chester County: 214,831 ±144
  • Pennsylvania: 5,839,797 ±484

$573,800 ±$21,091 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Chester County: $489,500 ±$10,154
  • more than double the amount in Pennsylvania: $259,900 ±$1,736

14.3% ±2.3% (16,594  ±2,949.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Chester County: 8.9% 48,324 (±0.9% / ±4,712)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.6% 1,355,260 (±0.2% / ±31,094.2)

Social

98.3% ±8.3% (77,889  ±4,561.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Chester County: 94.6% 360,317 (±2.4% / ±9,030.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.2% 8,455,035 (±0.5% / ±43,404.4)
69.4% ±2.2% (54,952  ±3,771.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Chester County: 57.9% 220,321 (±1.7% / ±6,623.1)
  • about double the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.3% 3,241,343 (±0.3% / ±27,591.6)

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

8.3% ±2.1% (9,712  ±2,535) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Chester County: 10.9% 59,668
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 8% 1,031,320

4.2% ±1.1% (3,981  ±1,075) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Chester County: 4.8% 20,585 (±0.5% / ±1,956)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.9% 614,022 (±0.1% / ±10,859)
3,981 Total veterans ±1,075 3,612 Male ±975 369 Female ±324

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