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South Coatesville borough, Chester County, PA

1,843 Population
1.7 square miles 1,060.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±4.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Chester County: 40.7 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 40.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,119 ±$5,972 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Chester County: $63,089 ±$919
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Pennsylvania: $43,104 ±$186
$72,976 ±$12,614 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Chester County: $123,041 ±$2,646
  • a little less than the amount in Pennsylvania: $76,081 ±$310

17.4% ±7.4% (319  ±144) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Chester County: 5.9% 31,305 (±0.5% / ±2,356)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.8% 1,480,981 (±0.2% / ±19,287)

22.2 minutes ±5.5 (18,605  ±3,137) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Chester County: 27.5 6,021,710 (±0.2 / ±98,281)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Pennsylvania: 26.6 141,916,510 (±0.1 / ±598,943)

Families

738 ±95 Number of households
  • Chester County: 202,405 ±843
  • Pennsylvania: 5,235,339 ±9,438
2.5 ±0.2 (1,843  ±287) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Chester County: 2.6 525,607 (±0 / ±209)
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennsylvania: 2.4 12,564,867

1.6% ±2% (9  ±11) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Chester County: 4.7% † 5,691 (±0.5% / ±580)
  • about one-third of the rate in Pennsylvania: 5.1% 146,799 (±0.1% / ±3,390)

Housing

765 ±90 Number of housing units
  • Chester County: 210,730 ±157
  • Pennsylvania: 5,779,663 ±1,198

$253,900 ±$17,909 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Chester County: $461,800 ±$4,298
  • a little higher than the amount in Pennsylvania: $240,500 ±$622

19.5% ±7.6% (358  ±150.9) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Chester County: 10.5% 56,480 (±0.5% / ±2,642.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Pennsylvania: 11.1% 1,424,815 (±0.1% / ±15,518.9)

Social

92.2% ±9% (1,100  ±178.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Chester County: 94.9% 352,750 (±1.1% / ±4,095.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 91.9% 8,412,410 (±0.3% / ±22,879.7)
28.1% ±5.8% (335  ±81.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Chester County: 56.6% 210,289 (±0.8% / ±3,049.3)
  • about 80 percent of 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

7.3% ±5% (135  ±95) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Chester County: 9.7% 52,191
  • about the same as the rate in Pennsylvania: 7.4% 961,247

3.2% ±1.5% (43  ±21) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Chester County: 5.3% 22,088 (±0.2% / ±1,015)
  • about half the rate in Pennsylvania: 6.4% 656,112 (±0.1% / ±5,751)
43 Total veterans ±21 43 Male ±21 N/A Female ±11

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