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Western Wayne School District, PA

17,985 Population
162.6 square miles 110.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.7 ±2.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Wayne County: 49.2 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,632 ±$1,831 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Wayne County: $35,882 ±$1,342
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Pennsylvania: $44,355 ±$176
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$62,721 ±$5,943 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Wayne County: $62,381 ±$3,372
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $77,971 ±$342
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.2% ±3.3% (1,847  ±499) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Wayne County: 12.1% † 5,824 (±1.7% / ±806)
  • a little higher than the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.7% 1,475,496 (±0.2% / ±18,655)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

31.3 minutes ±2.8 (177,625  ±21,565) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Wayne County: 28.9 527,080 (±1.7 / ±36,381)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.3 137,885,550 (±0.1 / ±608,286)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,236 ±340 Number of households
  • Wayne County: 20,877 ±475
  • Pennsylvania: 5,274,853 ±8,848
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (15,165  ±408) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Wayne County: 2.3 48,078 (±0.1 / ±26)
  • about the same as the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,589,066
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.7% ±1.4% (69  ±37) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Wayne County: 4.4% † 376 (±1.5% / ±125)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 4.9% 143,131 (±0.1% / ±3,398)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

10,169 ±398 Number of housing units
  • Wayne County: 32,171 ±60
  • Pennsylvania: 5,806,452 ±672
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$230,200 ±$15,405 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Wayne County: $242,100 ±$7,213
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $254,500 ±$767
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.2% ±1.5% (1,463  ±273.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Wayne County: 8.5% † 4,310 (±1.3% / ±650.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Pennsylvania: 10.7% 1,373,912 (±0.1% / ±15,230.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.9% ±4% (13,352  ±692.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wayne County: 92.3% 36,607 (±2.8% / ±1,113.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 92.1% 8,466,554 (±0.3% / ±22,677.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.4% ±2.2% (2,673  ±325) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wayne County: 23.4% 9,294 (±1.5% / ±577.1)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 35.2% 3,231,367 (±0.2% / ±13,722.3)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

3.8% ±1.6% (682  ±281) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wayne County: 4.3% 2,205
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.7% 1,004,975
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.7% ±1.9% (1,358  ±294) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wayne County: 9.6% 4,099 (±0.9% / ±393)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.1% 632,183 (±0.1% / ±4,724)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,358 Total veterans ±294 1,209 Male ±251 149 Female ±100

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