- State:PennsylvaniaCounty:Chester CountyZips:19376,19345,19345,19346,19353,19345,19351,19354,19345,19381,19353,19360,19316,19367,19482,19358,19366,19399,19376,19470,19432,19320,19421,19320,19347,19357,19369,19395,19383,19320,19481,19335,19087,19457,19480,19320,19087,19375,19442,19310,19374,19352,19362,19087,19330,19372,19355,19350,19311,19343,19520,19333,19475,19087,19365,19344,19390,19425,19363,19465,19312,19301,19320,19348,19335,19460,19355,19087,19341,19382,19380Coordinates:39.97314822147375, -75.74844095556682Area total:759.24 sq. mi., 1966.41 sq. km, 485910.40 acresArea land:750.53 sq. mi., 1943.86 sq. km, 480338.56 acresArea water:8.71 sq. mi., 22.55 sq. km, 5571.84 acresEstablished:1682Capital seat:
West Chester
Address: 601 Westtown Road
West Chester, PA
Governing Body: Board of Commissioners with 3 board size
Governing Authority: Dillon's Rule
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Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Population:534,413; Population change: 7.12% (2010 - 2020)Population density:712 persons per square mileHousehold income:$82,471Households:182,453Unemployment rate:6.40% per 280,096 county labor force
- Sales taxes:6.00%Income taxes:3.57%GDP:$40.73 B, gross domestic product (GDP)
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Chester County's population of Pennsylvania of 126,629 residents in 1930 has increased 4,22-fold to 534,413 residents after 90 years, according to the official 2020 census. U.S. Bureau of the Census beginning in 1900. Data for 1870-1890 are on a de facto or unspecified basis; data for 1900 and later years are resident totals.
Approximately 50.64% female residents and 49.36% male residents live in as of 2020, 62.98% in Chester County, Pennsylvania are married and the remaining 37.02% are single population.
As of 2020, 62.98% in Chester County, Pennsylvania are married and the remaining 37.02% are single population.
- Housing units:208,240 residential units of which 94.66% share occupied residential units.
30.1 minutes is the average time that residents in Chester County require for a one-way commute to work. A long commute can have different effects on health. A Gallup poll in the US found that in terms of mental health, long haul commuters are up to 12 percent more likely to experience worry, and ten percent less likely to feel well rested. The Gallup poll also found that of people who commute 61–90 minutes each day, a whopping one third complained of neck and back pain, compared to less than a quarter of people who only spend ten minutes getting to work.
80.42% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 8.53% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool, 2.47% of the population that commutes using mass transit, including bus, light rail, subway, and ferry. 4.99% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.
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Of the total residential buildings in Chester County, Pennsylvania 74.59% are owner-occupied homes, another 22.42% are rented apartments, and the remaining 2.99% are vacant.
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The 52.89% of the population in Chester County, Pennsylvania who identify themselves as belonging to a religion are distributed among the following most diverse religions.
Since the 1860s, the two main parties have been the Republican Party (here in 2022 = 44.830%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 54.000%) of those eligible to vote in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
