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Population (year 2000): 6,978. Estimated population in July 2006: 6,890 (-1.3% change)
 

Males: 3,414  (48.9%)
Females: 3,564  (51.1%)

Delaware County

Median resident age:  35.7 years
Pennsylvania median age:  38.0 years

Zip codes: 19032.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $49,400 (it was $44,443 in 2000)
Folcroft  $49,400
Pennsylvania:  $44,537

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $115,300 (it was $74,800 in 2000)
Folcroft  $115,300
Pennsylvania:  $131,900

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Races in Folcroft:

  • White Non-Hispanic (93.1%)
  • Black (4.0%)
  • Hispanic (1.1%)
  • Two or more races (0.8%)

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Ancestries: Irish (38.9%), Italian (29.4%), German (18.5%), English (8.6%), Polish (7.5%), Scotch-Irish (2.5%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Incorporated on 12/1922

Elevation: 80 feet

Land area: 1.35 square miles.

Population density: 5086 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Folcroft

  • High school or higher: 86.8%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.2%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 1.6%
  • Unemployed: 4.8%
  • Mean travel time to work: 24.5 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Folcroft borough

  • Never married: 29.4%
  • Now married: 51.9%
  • Separated: 2.3%
  • Widowed: 8.1%
  • Divorced: 8.3%

244 residents are foreign born (1.6% Europe, 0.9% Africa, 0.7% Asia).

This city:  3.5%
Pennsylvania:  4.1%

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

Folcroft:  3.0% ($2,233)
Pennsylvania:  1.6% ($1,552)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Philadelphia, PA (11.8 miles , pop. 1,517,550).

Nearest cities: Glenolden borough, PA (0.9 miles ), Sharon Hill borough, PA (1.1 miles ), Norwood borough, PA (1.2 miles ), Darby Township, PA (1.2 miles ), Collingdale borough, PA (1.4 miles ), Tinicum Township, PA (1.8 miles ), Prospect Park borough, PA (1.9 miles ), Aldan borough, PA (1.9 miles ).

Latitude: 39.89 N, Longitude: 75.28 W

Daytime population change due to commuting: -169 (-2.4%)
Workers who live and work in this city: 455 (14.2%)


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Population change in the 1990s: -514 (-6.9%).


Historical population

Historical housing units


Most common industries for males:
  • Construction (11%)
  • Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (6%)
  • Health care (5%)
  • Air transportation (5%)
  • Finance and insurance (4%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
  • Repair and maintenance (4%)


Most common industries for females:
  • Health care (16%)
  • Educational services (10%)
  • Finance and insurance (7%)
  • Accommodation and food services (7%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
  • Public administration (5%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)


Most common occupations for males
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)


Most common occupations for females
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
  • Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
  • Cashiers (5%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
  • Health technologists and technicians (4%)
  • Registered nurses (4%)


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Crime in Folcroft by Year
Type 2001 2002 2003 2004 2006
Murders 00010
    per 100,000 0.00.00.014.40.0
Rapes 03037
    per 100,000 0.042.80.043.1101.3
Robberies 287611
    per 100,000 28.6114.1100.586.3159.1
Assaults 2526304333
    per 100,000 358.1371.0430.9618.2477.4
Burglaries 2834191732
    per 100,000 401.1485.1272.9244.4463.0
Thefts 755985104126
    per 100,000 1074.3841.81220.91495.11822.9
Auto thefts 4013312830
    per 100,000 573.0185.5445.3402.5434.0
Arson 01101
    per 100,000 0.014.314.40.014.5
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 200.7) 197.1225.1219.9321.9364.3

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 9 (9 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  1.31
US city average:  3.00

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Folcroft-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Pennsylvania state average. It is 21% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 3/22/1955, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 16.9 miles away from the Folcroft city center killed one person and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 4/28/1961, a category 3 tornado 25.2 miles away from the city center caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Folcroft:
  • KINDRED HOSPITAL - DELAWARE COUNTY (about 2 miles; DARBY, PA)
  • MERCY FITZGERALD HOSPITAL (about 2 miles; DARBY, PA)
  • DELAWARE COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 5 miles; DREXEL HILL, PA)

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Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Folcroft:
  • PHILADELPHIA INTL (about 4 miles; PHILADELPHIA, PA; ID: PHL)
  • NEW CASTLE COUNTY (about 28 miles; WILMINGTON, DE; ID: ILG)
  • TRENTON MERCER (about 43 miles; TRENTON, NJ; ID: TTN)
Other public-use airports nearest to Folcroft:
  • PHILADELPHIA (about 3 miles; ESSINGTON, PA; ID: 9N2)
  • PENN'S LANDING (about 11 miles; PHILADELPHIA, PA; ID: P72)
  • SPITFIRE AERODROME (about 14 miles; PEDRICKTOWN, NJ; ID: 7N7)

Amtrak stations near Folcroft:
  • 8 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.
  • 8 miles: PHILADELPHIA (30TH & MARKET STS.). Services: ticket office, fully 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, public transit connection.
  • 12 miles: NORTH PHILADELPHIA (PHILADELPHIA, 2900 N. BROAD ST.). Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, paid short-term parking, paid long-term parking, call for taxi service, public transit connection.

College/University in Folcroft:
  • DELAWARE COUNTY TECHNICAL SCHOOL (Full-time enrollment: 87; Location: DELMAR DR & HENDERSON BLVD; Public)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Folcroft:
  • SAINT JOSEPHS UNIVERSITY (about 8 miles; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Full-time enrollment: 5,115)
  • WIDENER UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (about 8 miles; CHESTER, PA; FT enrollment: 3,646)
  • UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 8 miles; PHILADELPHIA, PA; FT enrollment: 19,324)
  • DREXEL UNIVERSITY (about 8 miles; PHILADELPHIA, PA; FT enrollment: 10,823)
  • ART INSTITUTE OF PHILADELPHIA (about 9 miles; PHILADELPHIA, PA; FT enrollment: 2,138)
  • DELAWARE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 9 miles; MEDIA, PA; FT enrollment: 5,248)
  • MCP HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY (about 9 miles; PHILADELPHIA, PA; FT enrollment: 2,198)
Public elementary/middle schools in Folcroft:
  • DELCROFT SCH (Students: 643; Grades: KG - 08)
  • DELAWARE COUNTY TECHNICAL HIGH (Grades: 00 - 00)
Private elementary/middle school in Folcroft:
  • KINDER-CARE LEARNING CENTR 222 (Students: 12; Location: 6 SCHOOL LANE; Grades: KG - KG)
Library in Folcroft:
  • BOROUGH OF FOLCROFT PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $85,906; Location: 1725 DELMAR DR; 13,206 books; 203 video materials; 28 serial subscriptions)

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

Percentage of family households:
This city:  73.6%
Whole state:  67.2%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city:  5.3%
Whole state:  5.0%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.3% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  8.4%
Whole state:  11.0%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  4.0%
Whole state:  5.1%

Folcroft compared to Pennsylvania state average:
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
  • Renting percentage below state average.
  • Length of stay since moving in significantly above state average.
  • House age above state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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Banks with branches in Folcroft (2007 data):
  • Beneficial Mutual Savings Bank: Folcroft Branch at Delmar Drive And Knowles Avenue, branch established on 1971-04-23. Info updated 2007-01-03: Bank assets: $2,292.5 mil, Deposits: $1,686.5 mil, headquarters in Philadelphia, PA, positive income, Consumer Lending Specialization, 40 total offices



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2004 Presidential Election results in Delaware County Pennsylvania:


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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)
Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Other and Unallocable 0$0 3$1,900
Local Libraries 1$1,661$19,9328$2,764
Health 0$0 2$624
Streets and Highways 4$10,979$32,9370$0
Firefighters 0$0 1$1,001
Police - Other 0$0 13$5,248
Police Protection - Officers 9$46,996$62,6615$5,700
Other Government Administration 4$11,737$35,2118$2,082
Totals for Government 18$71,373$47,58240$19,319


Folcroft government finances in 2002:
  • Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $88,000
  • Charges - Sewerage: $377,000
    Solid Waste Management: $250,000
    All Other: $91,000
  • Construction - General: $92,000
    Regular Highways: $27,000
  • Current Operations - Police Protection: $945,000
    Sewerage: $482,000
    Solid Waste Management: $246,000
    Regular Highways: $219,000
    Central Staff Services: $187,000
    General - Other: $169,000
    Parks & Recreation: $97,000
    Libraries: $95,000
    Fire Protection: $78,000
    General Public Buildings: $71,000
    Housing & Community Development: $34,000
    Financial Administration: $32,000
    Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $24,000
    Health Services - Other: $12,000
    Judicial and Legal Services: $5,000
  • Employee Retirement - Total Other Securities: $1,237,000
    Total Federal Securities: $728,000
    Securities - Corporate Bonds (market): $727,000
    Total Cash & Deposits: $627,000
    Benefit Payments: $183,000
    Interest Revenue: $57,000
    Securities - Corporate Bonds (market): $52,000
    Local Employee Contribution: $36,000
    From Local Government: $28,000
  • Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $20,000
  • General - Interest on Debt: $6,000
  • Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $3,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $97,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $88,000
  • Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $9,000
  • Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $196,000
    Interest Earnings: $63,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $1,764,000
  • State Intergovernmental - Highways: $95,000
    All Other: $26,000
    Housing & Community Development: $5,000
    General Support: $4,000
  • Tax - Property: $1,147,000
    NEC: $443,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $1,032,000

5.33% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($57,574 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  5.33%
Pennsylvania average:  4.99%

0.10% of residents moved from foreign countries ($506 average AGI)
Delaware County:  0.10%
Pennsylvania average:  0.12%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Philadelphia County, PA  1.83% ($38,045 average AGI)
from Montgomery County, PA  0.56% ($82,255)
from Chester County, PA  0.53% ($71,219)


5.67% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($57,420 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  5.67%
Pennsylvania average:  5.08%

0.05% of residents moved to foreign countries ($458 average AGI)
Delaware County:  0.05%
Pennsylvania average:  0.05%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Philadelphia County, PA  1.15% ($37,465 average AGI)
to Chester County, PA  0.88% ($74,618)
to Montgomery County, PA  0.56% ($68,656)


Strongest AM radio stations in Folcroft:
  • WPEN (950 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: GREATER PHILADELPHIA RADIO, INC.)
  • WVCH (740 AM; 50 kW; CHESTER, PA; Owner: WVCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WNWR (1540 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA)
  • WZZD (990 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: PENNSYLVANIA MEDIA ASSOCIATES, INC.)
  • KYW (1060 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WPHT (1210 AM; 50 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WWJZ (640 AM; 50 kW; MOUNT HOLLY, NJ; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WURD (900 AM; 1 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: LEVAS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
  • WIP (610 AM; 5 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING CORPORATION OF PHILADELPHIA)
  • WDAS (1480 AM; 5 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
  • WFIL (560 AM; 5 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: PENNSYLVANIA MEDIA ASSOCIATES, INC.)
  • WTMR (800 AM; 5 kW; CAMDEN, NJ; Owner: WTMR LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WWDB (860 AM; daytime; 10 kW; PHILADELPHIA, PA)

Strongest FM radio stations in Folcroft:
  • 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.)
  • WMMR (93.3 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: GREATER BOSTON RADIO, INC.)
  • WPLY (100.3 FM; MEDIA, PA; Owner: RADIO ONE LICENSES, LLC)
  • 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)
  • WXTU (92.5 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: WXTU LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WHYY-FM (90.9 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: WHYY, INC.)
  • WXPN (88.5 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNA.)
  • WPTP (96.5 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: WDAS LICENSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WDAS-FM (105.3 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
  • WUSL (98.9 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
  • WYSP (94.1 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WIOQ (102.1 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
  • WJJZ (106.1 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
  • WKDN (106.9 FM; CAMDEN, NJ; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)
  • WPEB (88.1 FM; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: WEST PHILADELPHIA BROADCASTING FOUNDATION)

TV broadcast stations around Folcroft:
  • KYW-TV (Channel 3; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: CBS BROADCASTING INC.)
  • WWJT-LP (Channel 7; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: PHILADELPHIA TELEVISION NETWORK, INC)
  • WPHL-TV (Channel 17; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: TRIBUNE TELEVISION COMPANY)
  • WPVI-TV (Channel 6; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WPSG (Channel 57; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: VIACOM STATIONS GROUP OF PHILADELPHIA INC.)
  • WPPX (Channel 61; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: PAXSON PHILADELPHIA LICENSE, 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.)
  • WHYY-TV (Channel 12; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: WHYY, INC.)
  • WTXF-TV (Channel 29; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: FOX TV STATIONS OF PHILADELPHIA)
  • WELL-LP (Channel 8; WILLOW GROVE, ETC., PA; Owner: WORD OF GOD FELLOWSHIP, INC.)
  • WFPA-CA (Channel 28; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: WXTV LICENSE PARTNERSHIP, G.P.)
  • WPHA-LP (Channel 63; PHILADELPHIA, PA; Owner: COMMERCIAL BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • WUVP (Channel 65; VINELAND, NJ; Owner: UNIVISION PHILADELPHIA LLC)
  • WMCN-TV (Channel 53; ATLANTIC CITY, NJ; Owner: LENFEST BROADCASTING, LLC)
  • WTSD-CA (Channel 14; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: PRIORITY COMMUNICATIONS MINISTRIES, INC.)
  • WNJS (Channel 23; CAMDEN, NJ; Owner: NEW JERSEY PUBLIC BROADCASTING AUTHORITY)
  • WPSJ-LP (Channel 8; HAMMONTON, ETC., NJ; Owner: ENGLE BROADCASTING)
  • W40AZ (Channel 40; WILMINGTON, DE; Owner: NATIONAL MINORITY T.V., INC.)
  • W55BT (Channel 55; TALLEYVILLE, DE; Owner: MEDIACASTING LLC)
  • W33BT (Channel 33; CAMDEN, NJ; Owner: MEDIACASTING LLC)

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