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West Chester Area School District, PA

122,584 Population
73.3 square miles 1,673.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.4 ±1.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Chester County: 41 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 41.2 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$63,453 ±$3,527 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Chester County: $64,524 ±$1,885
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,674 ±$329
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$137,133 ±$9,776 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Chester County: $131,424 ±$5,797
  • 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

5.9% ±1.9% (6,783  ±2,216) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Chester County: 6.3% † 34,588 (±1% / ±5,221)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.6% 1,464,236 (±0.3% / ±33,897)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

28.1 minutes ±1.9 (1,497,605  ±157,392) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Chester County: 28.4 6,498,565 (±0.7 / ±254,012)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 27.1 149,007,180 (±0.2 / ±1,276,446)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

47,258 ±2,396 Number of households
  • Chester County: 209,767 ±1,477
  • Pennsylvania: 5,361,724 ±11,743
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (113,737  ±6,690) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Chester County: 2.6 544,254 (±0 / ±188)
  • 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

3.5% ±1.8% (1,086  ±563) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Chester County: 5.1% † 6,529 (±1.3% / ±1,613)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.8% 139,720 (±0.2% / ±5,970)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

48,703 ±2,417 Number of housing units
  • Chester County: 215,948 ±88
  • Pennsylvania: 5,861,320 ±507
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$610,700 ±$21,083 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Chester County: $538,900 ±$14,396
  • more than double the amount in Pennsylvania: $277,600 ±$1,517
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

15.3% ±2.8% (18,563  ±3,513.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Chester County: 9.5% † 52,771 (±1.1% / ±6,127.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.1% 1,304,951 (±0.3% / ±33,022.9)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

98.2% ±2.3% (80,945  ±4,732.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Chester County: 95% 368,525 (±2.3% / ±9,083.6)
  • 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)
66.8% ±2.8% (55,025  ±3,762.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Chester County: 58% 225,091 (±1.8% / ±6,992.9)
  • nearly double the rate in Pennsylvania: 36.4% 3,369,510 (±0.3% / ±28,358.2)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

10.8% ±2% (13,236  ±2,592) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Chester County: 10.9% 60,962
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 8.3% 1,090,675
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3% ±0.8% (3,063  ±786) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Chester County: 3.9% † 16,949 (±0.4% / ±1,901)
  • 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)
3,063 Total veterans ±786 2,841 Male ±788 222 Female ±193

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