Delaware County, Pennsylvania

Delaware County has a population of 579,222 and has grown 0.7% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $332,200, about 3.7 times the county's median household income of $89,546.

Home price
$332,200
Income
$89,546
Population
579,222
Unemployment
6.9%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$332,200county
Median gross rent$1,372county
Median year homes here were built1957county
Share of homes built before 198079.3%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile0.3%county
Share of homes that are vacant5.6%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented30.4%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.3%county
Typical monthly rent$1,828county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,810county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,520county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$2,170county
Home insurance / yr$1,529(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living97.2(statewide)
Median household income$89,546county
Family health premium / yr$25,241(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$13,354(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.117(statewide)
Poverty rate10.2%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home18.0%county
Unemployment rate6.9%county
Share of adults in the labor force65.6%county
Share of workers who are self-employed4.8%county
Share of workers employed by government11.1%county
Share of workers in the largest industry29.7%county
Economic output per resident$73,561county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate1.84%county
Top state income tax3.07%(statewide)
Capital gains tax3.07%(statewide)
Combined sales tax6.34%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time28.1 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service6.7 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport15102261county
Miles to nearest general aviation field13 micounty
Airports with airline service located here1county
General aviation airfields located here0county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station6.7 micounty
Households without a vehicle9.6%county
Traffic deaths16.9county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-2.3(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher41.9%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher93.9%county
Public schools in the county109county
Public school enrollment74663county
Students per full-time teacher13.5county
Free lunch eligible43.9%county
Elementary schools75county
Middle schools15county
High schools18county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above9county
Share of local colleges that are public30.8%county
Two-year institutions4county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution1.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians101county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county3county
Hospitals here with an emergency department3county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here2county
Fine particulate matter10.3 µgcounty
Without health insurance4.6%county
Frequent mental distress14.9%county
No leisure-time physical activity20.1%county
Diagnosed diabetes10.8%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population579,222county
Land area in square miles184county
People per square mile of land3151.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores129county
Convenience stores109county
Share living far from a food store16.5%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.9%county
Population change since 2020+0.7%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents1county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents3county
Median age39.1 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1822.0%county
Share of residents 65 and over17.4%county
Share of households that are one person30.1%county
Share of residents born outside the United States11.2%county
Second languages13.5%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls50.0%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents70county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-5county
Households that moved in12,369county
Households that moved away13,896county
Average income of arriving households$97,243county
Average income of departing households$91,137county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes1county
Housing units authorised in the latest year217county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings0.9%county
Violent crime rate246(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature55.2°Fcounty
Annual precipitation38.7 incounty
Annual snowfall14.5 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.05 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F19 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing88 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7bcounty
Frost-free days232 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMar 30county
Average first fall frostNov 17county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$121county
Electric utilities serving this county1county
Electricity price per kWh16.2¢county
Household electricity use750 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$18.59(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity22.9%county
Homes heated by utility gas60.1%county
Homes heated by propane2.5%county
Homes heated by fuel oil13.2%county
Homes heated by wood0.2%county
Households with broadband93.3%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk94.4county
Coastal flood risk63.6county
Drought risk54.2county
Landslide risk59.4county
Hail risk13.3county
Earthquake risk94.5county
Tornado risk92.5county
Tropical cyclone risk88.1county
Extreme heat risk97.6county
Winter weather risk99.2county
Strong wind risk97.7county
Wildfire risk27.7county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here1county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams1county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Delaware County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Pennsylvania figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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