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Chester County

Population in July 2007: 5,138.
Males: 2,354  (45.8%)
Females: 2,784  (54.2%)
Median resident age:  31.7 years
Pennsylvania median age:  38.0 years

Zip codes: 19013.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $41,500 (it was $32,576 in 2000)
Chester Township  $41,500
Pennsylvania:  $48,576

Estimated median house/condo value in 2007: $116,600 (it was $62,000 in 2000)
Chester Township  $116,600
Pennsylvania:  $155,000

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Races in Chester Township:

  • Black (73.3%)
  • White Non-Hispanic (22.2%)
  • Two or more races (2.1%)
  • Hispanic (2.1%)
  • Other race (1.0%)
  • American Indian (0.8%)

2008 cost of living index in Chester Township: 102.4 (near average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: Irish (6.5%), Polish (4.0%), German (3.9%), United States (3.5%), Italian (3.1%), English (2.4%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Incorporated in 1682

Elevation: 160 feet

Land area: 1.39 square miles.

Population density: 3685 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Chester Township

  • High school or higher: 81.1%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 12.6%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 3.0%
  • Unemployed: 8.5%
  • Mean travel time to work: 26.6 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Chester Township CDP

  • Never married: 38.9%
  • Now married: 37.9%
  • Separated: 3.7%
  • Widowed: 8.6%
  • Divorced: 10.8%

70 residents are foreign born

This place:  1.5%
Pennsylvania:  4.1%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this place in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Chester Township:  2.3% ($1,427)
Pennsylvania:  1.6% ($1,552)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Brandywine, DE (8.3 miles , pop. 78,620).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Philadelphia, PA (20.1 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Upland borough, PA (1.3 miles ), Trainer borough, PA (1.3 miles ), Chester, PA (1.5 miles ), Brookhaven borough, PA (1.8 miles ), Parkside borough, PA (1.8 miles ), Marcus Hook borough, PA (2.4 miles ), Linwood, PA (2.4 miles ), Village Green-Green Ridge, PA (2.5 miles ).

Latitude: 39.85 N, Longitude: 75.39 W


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Most common industries for males:
  • Health care (8%)
  • Paper (7%)
  • Construction (7%)
  • Public administration (6%)
  • Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (5%)
  • Repair and maintenance (5%)
  • Transportation equipment (4%)


Most common industries for females:
  • Health care (22%)
  • Finance and insurance (10%)
  • Educational services (8%)
  • Accommodation and food services (6%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
  • Public administration (5%)
  • Social assistance (5%)


Most common occupations for males
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
  • Bus drivers (4%)
  • Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)


Most common occupations for females
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (8%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Registered nurses (5%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
  • Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)


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Chester Township-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Pennsylvania state average. It is 25% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 3/22/1955, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 15.1 miles away from the Chester Township place center killed one person and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 4/28/1961, a category 3 tornado 17.1 miles away from the place center caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Chester Township:
  • CROZER CHESTER MEDICAL CENTER (about 2 miles; CHESTER, PA)
  • RIDDLE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 5 miles; MEDIA, PA)
  • DELAWARE COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 10 miles; DREXEL HILL, PA)

Political contributions by individuals in Chester Township, PA

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Chester Township:
  • PHILADELPHIA INTL (about 12 miles; PHILADELPHIA, PA; ID: PHL)
  • NEW CASTLE COUNTY (about 19 miles; WILMINGTON, DE; ID: ILG)
  • DOVER AFB (about 51 miles; DOVER, DE; ID: DOV)
Other public-use airports nearest to Chester Township:
  • PHILADELPHIA (about 8 miles; ESSINGTON, PA; ID: 9N2)
  • SPITFIRE AERODROME (about 8 miles; PEDRICKTOWN, NJ; ID: 7N7)
  • BRANDYWINE (about 16 miles; WEST CHESTER, PA; ID: N99)

Amtrak stations near Chester Township:
  • 14 miles: WILMINGTON (M. L. KING BLVD, & FRENCH ST.). Services: ticket office, partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, snack bar, ATM, paid short-term parking, paid long-term parking, car rental agency, taxi stand, intercity bus service, public transit connection.
  • 14 miles: ARDMORE (STATION RD. & LANCASTER AVE.). Services: enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, paid short-term parking, call for car rental service, call for taxi service, public transit connection.
  • 15 miles: PAOLI (LANCASTER PIKE & S. VALLEY RD.). Services: ticket office, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, ATM, paid short-term parking, paid long-term parking, call for car rental service, call for taxi service, public transit connection.

Operable nuclear power plants near Chester Township:
  • 20 miles: Salem 2 in Salem, NJ.
  • 20 miles: Hope Creek in Salem, NJ.
  • 20 miles: Salem 1 in Salem, NJ.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Chester Township:
  • WIDENER UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (about 2 miles; CHESTER, PA; Full-time enrollment: 3,646)
  • DELAWARE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 5 miles; MEDIA, PA; FT enrollment: 5,248)
  • VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY (about 13 miles; VILLANOVA, PA; FT enrollment: 8,547)
  • EASTERN COLLEGE (about 15 miles; ST DAVIDS, PA; FT enrollment: 2,456)
  • GLOUCESTER COUNTY COLLEGE (about 15 miles; SEWELL, NJ; FT enrollment: 3,135)
  • SAINT JOSEPHS UNIVERSITY (about 15 miles; PHILADELPHIA, PA; FT enrollment: 5,115)
  • UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 16 miles; PHILADELPHIA, PA; FT enrollment: 19,324)
Public elementary/middle school in Chester Township:

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Notable location: Upland Station (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Cemeteries: Carter Cemetery (1), Greenlawn Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Baldwin Run (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Park in Chester Township: Caleb Pusey Historic Site (1). Display/hide its location on the map

 

Average household size:
This place:  2.8 people
Pennsylvania:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  72.4%
Whole state:  67.2%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  6.3%
Whole state:  5.0%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.2% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  17.1%
Whole state:  11.0%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  10.4%
Whole state:  5.1%

Chester Township compared to Pennsylvania state average:
  • Median house value below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • House age above state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.


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2004 Presidential Election results in Chester County Pennsylvania:


Most commonly used house heating fuel:

6.81% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($74,917 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.81%
Pennsylvania average:  4.99%

0.09% of residents moved from foreign countries ($649 average AGI)
Chester County:  0.09%
Pennsylvania average:  0.12%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Montgomery County, PA  1.25% ($70,738 average AGI)
from Delaware County, PA  1.04% ($74,618)
from New Castle County, DE  0.42% ($112,586)


6.11% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($74,906 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.11%
Pennsylvania average:  5.08%

0.07% of residents moved to foreign countries ($1,186 average AGI)
Chester County:  0.07%
Pennsylvania average:  0.05%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Montgomery County, PA  0.95% ($57,620 average AGI)
to Delaware County, PA  0.63% ($71,219)
to Lancaster County, PA  0.44% ($45,518)


Strongest AM radio stations in Chester Township:
  • WVCH (740 AM; 50 kW; CHESTER, PA; Owner: WVCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WPEN (950 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: GREATER PHILADELPHIA RADIO, INC.)
  • WZZD (990 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: PENNSYLVANIA MEDIA ASSOCIATES, INC.)
  • KYW (1060 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WNWR (1540 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA)
  • WPWA (1590 AM; 3 kW; CHESTER, PA; Owner: MOUNT OCEAN MEDIA, L.L.C.)
  • WWJZ (640 AM; 50 kW; MOUNT HOLLY, NJ; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WPHT (1210 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WDEL (1150 AM; 5 kW; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: DELMARVA BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WWDB (860 AM; daytime; 10 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA)
  • WFIL (560 AM; 5 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: PENNSYLVANIA MEDIA ASSOCIATES, INC.)
  • WTMC (1380 AM; 5 kW; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: STATE OF DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF TRAN)
  • WIP (610 AM; 5 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING CORPORATION OF PHILADELPHIA)

Strongest FM radio stations in Chester Township:
  • W278AK (103.5 FM; VILLAGE GREEN, PA; Owner: PRIORITY RADIO, INC.)
  • WPLY (100.3 FM; MEDIA, PA; Owner: RADIO ONE LICENSES, LLC)
  • WJBR-FM (99.5 FM; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: NM LICENSING, LLC)
  • WMGK (102.9 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: GREATER PHILADELPHIA RADIO, INC.)
  • WMWX (95.7 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: GREATER PHILADELPHIA RADIO, INC.)
  • WOGL (98.1 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WSTW (93.7 FM; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: DELMARVA BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WBEB (101.1 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: WEAZ-FM RADIO, INC.)
  • WRTI (90.1 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: TEMPLE UNIV. OF THE COMMONWEALTH, ET)
  • WSNI-FM (104.5 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
  • WPHI-FM (103.9 FM; JENKINTOWN, PA; Owner: RADIO ONE LICENSES, LLC)
  • WDNR (89.5 FM; CHESTER, PA; Owner: WIDENER COLLEGE)
  • WXPN (88.5 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNA.)
  • WHYY-FM (90.9 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: WHYY, INC.)
  • WXTU (92.5 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: WXTU LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WDAS-FM (105.3 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
  • WPTP (96.5 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: WDAS LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WMMR (93.3 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: GREATER BOSTON RADIO, INC.)
  • WYSP (94.1 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WUSL (98.9 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)

TV broadcast stations around Chester Township:
  • KYW-TV (Channel 3; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: CBS BROADCASTING INC.)
  • WPHL-TV (Channel 17; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: TRIBUNE TELEVISION COMPANY)
  • WPPX (Channel 61; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: PAXSON PHILADELPHIA LICENSE, INC.)
  • WPVI-TV (Channel 6; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WPSG (Channel 57; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: VIACOM STATIONS GROUP OF PHILADELPHIA INC.)
  • WCAU (Channel 10; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: NBC SUBSIDIARY (WCAU-TV), L.P.)
  • WGTW (Channel 48; BURLINGTON, NJ; Owner: BRUNSON COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WYBE (Channel 35; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INDEPENDENCE PUBLIC MEDIA OF PHILADELPHIA, INC.)
  • WWJT-LP (Channel 7; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: PHILADELPHIA TELEVISION NETWORK, INC)
  • WHYY-TV (Channel 12; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: WHYY, INC.)
  • WTXF-TV (Channel 29; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: FOX TV STATIONS OF PHILADELPHIA)
  • W40AZ (Channel 40; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: NATIONAL MINORITY T.V., INC.)
  • W55BT (Channel 55; TALLEYVILLE, DE; Owner: MEDIACASTING LLC)
  • WELL-LP (Channel 8; WILLOW GROVE, ETC., PA; Owner: WORD OF GOD FELLOWSHIP, INC.)
  • WTSD-CA (Channel 14; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: PRIORITY COMMUNICATIONS MINISTRIES, INC.)
  • WFPA-CA (Channel 28; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: WXTV LICENSE PARTNERSHIP, G.P.)
  • WPHA-LP (Channel 63; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: COMMERCIAL BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • WMCN-TV (Channel 53; ATLANTIC CITY, NJ; Owner: LENFEST BROADCASTING, LLC)
  • WUVP (Channel 65; VINELAND, NJ; Owner: UNIVISION PHILADELPHIA LLC)
  • WNJS (Channel 23; CAMDEN, NJ; Owner: NEW JERSEY PUBLIC BROADCASTING AUTHORITY)




Chester Township fatal accident list for 2003:
Jun 3, 2003 06:40 AM, I-95, Vehicles: 4, Persons: 5, Fatalities: 1

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