Chester County, Pennsylvania

547,840 people. The median home is worth $485,600 (typical Pennsylvania town: $214,250) and the median household earns $127,208.

Towns in Chester County

Town	People	Median home	Income	Median age
Tredyffrin	31,927	$709,700	$162,194	42.6
West Goshen	23,040	$575,300	$132,242	41.9
West Whiteland	19,632	$490,900	$133,460	36.9
Uwchlan	19,161	$539,700	$134,184	41.1
West Chester	18,671	$490,700	$78,385	25.3
Phoenixville	18,602	$369,600	$102,138	34.4
East Goshen	18,410	$528,600	$106,866	50.8
Caln	14,432	$319,200	$100,164	41.0
West Bradford	14,316	$487,500	$160,514	41.6
East Whiteland	13,917	$637,000	$147,460	37.2
Coatesville	13,350	$194,000	$59,256	35.7
Upper Uwchlan	12,275	$619,700	$190,691	41.9
New Garden	11,363	$546,700	$120,550	39.4
Willistown	11,273	$617,800	$187,466	52.3
Westtown	11,154	$616,200	$138,664	46.0
Easttown	10,984	$852,800	$214,861	47.3
East Bradford	10,339	$603,700	$155,240	35.8
East Brandywine	9,738	$564,400	$180,714	39.9
East Nottingham	8,982	$412,500	$129,750	45.4
West Caln	8,910	$347,700	$99,398	46.3
London Grove	8,797	$469,700	$175,558	38.3
Schuylkill	8,780	$602,300	$171,786	44.7
North Coventry	8,441	$390,600	$98,896	44.3
Kennett	8,289	$563,800	$150,709	48.4
Honey Brook	8,274	$358,100	$86,212	47.3
East Pikeland	8,260	$415,800	$146,526	42.1
Valley	7,985	$259,500	$88,895	39.1
Downingtown	7,892	$353,800	$96,228	38.9
East Fallowfield	7,626	$400,100	$116,947	41.4
East Vincent	7,433	$486,100	$138,214	36.9
West Brandywine	7,331	$379,100	$112,545	51.1
East Marlborough	7,306	$611,400	$155,504	48.0
East Coventry	7,068	$410,200	$120,798	44.1
West Vincent	6,668	$704,500	$202,639	42.9
Lionville	6,582	$438,700	$100,582	36.6
Paoli	6,002	$481,200	$138,396	42.4
Charlestown	6,001	$781,800	$202,188	43.1
Kennett Square	5,936	$402,700	$80,505	38.3
New London	5,810	$483,400	$165,313	43.5
Oxford	5,736	$313,800	$67,733	36.1
Penn	5,644	$498,600	$136,250	48.8
Exton	5,622	$554,200	$120,697	33.8
Chesterbrook	5,610	$453,400	$124,295	40.0
Lower Oxford	5,420	$372,800	$109,875	21.7
East Caln	5,384	$467,100	$102,288	42.9
Pocopson	4,455	$689,800	$230,000	42.9
Franklin	4,433	$489,100	$144,403	44.8
Sadsbury	4,125	$355,200	$116,570	39.9
Birmingham	4,082	$757,900	$215,000	48.8
West Pikeland	4,024	$652,600	$226,071	45.4
Pennsbury	3,876	$671,600	$167,727	48.1
Parkesburg	3,862	$305,900	$76,250	33.0
Berwyn	3,775	$639,400	$145,833	41.8
Wallace	3,711	$592,900	$182,500	42.1
Thorndale	3,669	$341,900	$99,479	38.4
Frazer	3,635	$611,700	$141,801	38.7
Spring City	3,494	$269,100	$76,419	37.3
Malvern	3,419	$521,800	$117,548	46.4
London Britain	3,179	$554,600	$194,531	43.6
Thornbury	3,177	$669,500	$172,070	44.1
Hayti	2,890	$283,000	$77,213	51.4
South Coventry	2,796	$435,300	$158,162	45.2
West Grove	2,770	$319,900	$92,697	36.0
West Nottingham	2,764	$281,900	$76,853	39.9
Warwick	2,590	$414,500	$104,875	51.4
Upper Oxford	2,560	$375,100	$114,688	39.2

People and housing

	Chester County	Typical Pennsylvania town
Median home value	$485,600	$214,250
Median rent	$1,763	$996
Median household income	$127,208	$75,278
Median age	40.8	44.2
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.1%	23.8%
Below the poverty line	6.0%	8.5%

Jobs and pay

251,284 jobs in 2024, average pay $87,886 a year.

BLS QCEW 2024.

BLS LAUS via USDA ERS, annual averages.

Storms since 1996

NOAA recorded 1,565 storm events in Chester County from 1996 to 2026, with 9 deaths.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database.

Federal disaster declarations

Chester County has been included in 26 FEMA declarations since 1953.

Declared	Incident	Declaration
September 10, 2021	Hurricane	DR-4618: Remnants Of Hurricane Ida
March 30, 2020	Biological	DR-4506: Covid-19 Pandemic
March 13, 2020	Biological	EM-3441: Covid-19
March 23, 2016	Snowstorm	DR-4267: Severe Winter Storm And Snowstorm
February 6, 2014	Severe Ice Storm	EM-3367: Severe Winter Storm
October 29, 2012	Hurricane	EM-3356: Hurricane Sandy

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024; BLS QCEW and LAUS; NOAA Storm Events; FEMA OpenFEMA (not endorsed by FEMA).