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Population (year 2000): 2,652. Estimated
population in July 2005: 2,640 (-0.5% change)
Males: 1,298 (48.9%), Females: 1,354 (51.1%)
Chester County
Zip code:
19390
Median resident age: 32.1 years
Median household income: $56,875 (year 2000)
Median house value: $122,800 (year 2000)
Races in West Grove:
- White Non-Hispanic (73.4%)
- Hispanic (17.0%)
- Other race (9.8%)
- Black (8.4%)
- Two or more races (2.7%)
- American Indian (1.1%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (21.8%), Irish (20.6%),
English (15.0%), Italian (13.0%), United States (5.1%), Polish
(3.6%).
Elevation: 440 feet
Land area: 0.6 square miles
For population 25 years and over in West Grove
- High school or higher: 80.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 27.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 6.8%
- Unemployed: 3.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 26.1 minutes
For population 15
years and over in West Grove borough
- Never married: 25.9%
- Now married: 55.1%
- Separated: 2.4%
- Widowed: 5.6%
- Divorced: 11.0%
11.6% Foreign born (10.8% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: +572 (+27.5%).
Hospital/medical center in West Grove:
- SOUTHERN CHESTER COUNTY MED CENTER (1015 W
BALTIMORE PK)
Other hospitals/medical centers near West Grove:
- BRANDYWINE HOSPITAL (about 11 miles; COATESVILLE,
PA)
- UNION HOSPITAL-CECIL COUNTY (about 14 miles; ELKTON,
MD)
- ALFRED I DUPONT INSTITUTE (about 16 miles;
WILMINGTON, DE)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to West
Grove:
- NEW CASTLE COUNTY (about 19 miles; WILMINGTON, DE;
ID: ILG)
- LANCASTER (about 38 miles; LANCASTER, PA; ID: LNS)
- READING REGIONAL/CARL A SPAATZ FIELD (about 39
miles; READING, PA; ID: RDG)
Other public-use airports nearest to West Grove:
- NEW GARDEN (about 5 miles; TOUGHKENAMON, PA; ID:
N57)
- CHESTER COUNTY G O CARLSON (about 11 miles;
COATESVILLE, PA; ID: 40N)
- RAINTREE (about 18 miles; ELKTON, MD; ID: 1C4)
Amtrak stations near West Grove:
- 12 miles: COATESVILLE (3RD AVE. & FLEETWOOD ST.).
Services: public payphones, free short-term parking,
call for car rental service, call for taxi service.
- 12 miles: PARKESBURG (WEST 1ST & S. CULVERT STS.).
Services: public payphones, free short-term parking.
- 12 miles: NEWARK (429 S. COLLEGE AVE.). Services:
public payphones, free short-term parking, call for car
rental service, call for taxi service, public transit
connection.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
West Grove:
- DELAWARE TECHNICAL & COMM COLL-STANTON-WILMINGTON
(about 16 miles; NEWARK, DE; Full-time enrollment:
3,817)
- WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA (about 18
miles; WEST CHESTER, PA; FT enrollment: 10,419)
- WILMINGTON COLLEGE (about 20 miles; NEW CASTLE, DE;
FT enrollment: 3,087)
- IMMACULATA COLLEGE (about 24 miles; IMMACULATA, PA;
FT enrollment: 2,042)
- UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE (about 24 miles; NEWARK, DE;
FT enrollment: 17,786)
- DELAWARE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 31 miles;
MEDIA, PA; FT enrollment: 5,248)
- WIDENER UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS (about 32 miles;
CHESTER, PA; FT enrollment: 3,646)
Public high school in West Grove:
- AVON GROVE HS (Students: 1,521; Grades: 09 -
12)
Public primary/middle schools in West Grove:
- AVON GROVE INTRMD SCH (Students: 1,489;
Grades: 03 - 06)
- PENN LONDON EL SCH (Students: 992; Grades: KG
- 02)
- FRED S ENGLE MS (Students: 852; Grades: 07 -
08)
- AVON GROVE CS (Students: 542; Grades: KG -
07)
Private primary/middle schools in West Grove:
- ASSUMPTION B.V.M. SCHOOL (Students: 310;
Location: 290 STATE RD.; Grades: KG - 8)
- AVON GROVE NAZARENE ACADEMY (Students: 94;
Location: 240 E STATE RD; Grades: PK - 1)
Library in West Grove:
- AVON GROVE FREE LIBRARY (Operating income:
$168,156; Location: 11 EXCHANGE PLACE; 14,375 books; 400
audio materials; 383 video materials; 34 serial
subscriptions)
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