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Population (year 2000): 17,861. Estimated
population in July 2005: 18,047 (+1.0% change)
Males: 8,382 (46.9%), Females: 9,479 (53.1%)
Chester County
Zip codes:
19380,
19382.
Median resident age: 24.6 years
Median household income: $37,803 (year 2000)
Median house value: $140,400 (year 2000)
Races in West Chester:
- White Non-Hispanic (71.6%)
- Black (17.1%)
- Hispanic (8.9%)
- Other race (3.6%)
- Two or more races (2.0%)
- American Indian (0.7%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: Irish (20.7%), German (18.0%),
Italian (14.2%), English (9.3%), Polish (5.2%), Scotch-Irish
(2.7%).
Elevation: 459 feet
Land area: 1.8 square miles
For population 25 years and over in West Chester
- High school or higher: 84.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 39.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 13.1%
- Unemployed: 5.9%
- Mean travel time to work: 20.2 minutes
For population 15
years and over in West Chester borough
- Never married: 61.7%
- Now married: 24.6%
- Separated: 1.8%
- Widowed: 5.5%
- Divorced: 6.4%
5.1% Foreign born (3.3% Latin America, 0.8%
Europe, 0.7% Asia).
Population change in the 1990s: -210 (-1.2%).
Hospital/medical center in West Chester:
- CHESTER COUNTY HOSPITAL (701 EAST MARSHALL
ST)
Other hospitals/medical centers near West Chester:
- BRYN MAWR REHABILITATION HOSPITAL (about 8 miles;
MALVERN, PA)
- MAIN LINE HOSPITAL, INC PAOLI (about 11 miles;
PAOLI, PA)
- EUGENE DUPONT MEMORIAL DIVISION HOSP (about 12
miles; WILMINGTON, DE)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to West
Chester:
- NEW CASTLE COUNTY (about 21 miles; WILMINGTON, DE;
ID: ILG)
- PHILADELPHIA INTL (about 27 miles; PHILADELPHIA, PA;
ID: PHL)
- READING REGIONAL/CARL A SPAATZ FIELD (about 37
miles; READING, PA; ID: RDG)
Other public-use airports nearest to West Chester:
- BRANDYWINE (about 4 miles; WEST CHESTER, PA; ID:
N99)
- KEYSTONE (about 5 miles; EXTON, PA; ID: N02)
- NEW GARDEN (about 15 miles; TOUGHKENAMON, PA; ID:
N57)
Amtrak stations near West Chester:
- 5 miles: EXTON (CREST AVE. OFF RTE. 100). Services:
partially wheelchair accessible, public payphones, paid
short-term parking, call for car rental service, public
transit connection.
- 8 miles: DOWNINGTOWN (VIADUCT AVE.). Services:
public payphones, paid short-term parking, call for car
rental service, call for taxi service, public transit
connection.
- 11 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.
Colleges/Universities in West Chester:
- WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
(Full-time enrollment: 10,419; Location: UNIVERSITY
AVENUE AND HIGH STREET; Public; Website: www.wcupa.edu;
Offers Master's degree)
- GORDON PHILLIPS SCHOOL OF BEAUTY CULTURE (FT
enrollment: 52; Location: 313 W MARKET ST; Private,
for-profit; Website: WWW.EMPIREBEAUTY.COM)
Other colleges/universities with over 2000 students near
West Chester:
- IMMACULATA COLLEGE (about 6 miles; IMMACULATA, PA;
Full-time enrollment: 2,042)
- DELAWARE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 15 miles;
MEDIA, PA; FT enrollment: 5,248)
- EASTERN COLLEGE (about 16 miles; ST DAVIDS, PA; FT
enrollment: 2,456)
- WIDENER UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (about 18 miles;
CHESTER, PA; FT enrollment: 3,646)
- VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY (about 19 miles; VILLANOVA, PA;
FT enrollment: 8,547)
- WILMINGTON COLLEGE (about 20 miles; NEW CASTLE, DE;
FT enrollment: 3,087)
- DELAWARE TECHNICAL & COMM COLL-STANTON-WILMINGTON
(about 25 miles; NEWARK, DE; FT enrollment: 3,817)
Public high schools in West Chester:
- WEST CHESTER HENDERSON HS (Students: 1,961;
Grades: 09 - 12)
- WEST CHESTER EAST HS (Students: 1,729;
Grades: 09 - 12)
Private high school in West Chester:
- WEST CHESTER CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 200;
Location: 1237 PAOLI PIKE; Grades: PK - 12)
Biggest public primary/middle schools in West Chester:
- J R FUGETT MS (Students: 973; Grades: 06 -
08)
- STETSON MS (Students: 967; Grades: 06 - 08)
- E N PEIRCE MS (Students: 953; Grades: 06 -
08)
- COLLEGIUM CS (Students: 805; Grades: KG - 10)
- EAST GOSHEN EL SCH (Students: 588; Grades: KG
- 05)
- SARAH W STARKWEATHER EL SCH (Students: 571;
Grades: KG - 05)
- POCOPSON EL SCH (Students: 541; Grades: KG -
05)
- HILLSDALE EL SCH (Students: 534; Grades: KG -
05)
- MARY C HOWSE EL SCH (Students: 505; Grades:
KG - 05)
- EAST BRADFORD EL SCH (Students: 489; Grades:
KG - 05)
Biggest private primary/middle schools in West Chester:
- ST AGNES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 649;
Location: 211 WEST GAY STREET; Grades: PK - 8)
- SS SIMON AND JUDE SCHOOL (Students: 640;
Location: 6 CAVANAUGH COURT; Grades: KG - 8)
- KANNER LEARNING CENTER (Students: 250;
Location: 390 E BOOT RD; Grades: UG - UG)
- GOSHEN FRIENDS SCHOOL (Students: 184;
Location: 814 N. CHESTER RD.; Grades: PK - 5)
- WEST CHESTER FRIENDS SCHOOL (Students: 163;
Location: 415 N HIGH ST; Grades: KG - 5)
- KESHER ISRAEL CONGRGTN KDG (Students: 106;
Location: 1000 POTTSTOWN PIKE; Grades: PK - KG)
- GODDARD EARLY LEARNING CENTER (Students: 57;
Location: 630 SUGARS BRIDGE RD; Grades: PK - KG)
- WEST CHESTER NAZA CHRST SCH DC (Students: 56;
Location: 202 DEAN ST; Grades: PK - KG)
- DISCOVERY DAY SCHOOL (Students: 49; Location:
325 N FIVE POINTS; Grades: PK - KG)
- HOLY TRINITY PARISH DAY SCHOOL (Students: 46;
Location: 212 S HIGH ST; Grades: PK - KG)
Library in West Chester:
- WEST CHESTER PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating
income: $308,820; Location: 415 NORTH CHURCH ST; 40,696
books; 1,382 audio materials; 335 video materials; 128
serial subscriptions)
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