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Swarthmore Facts & Statistics


The information below has been digested from the following sources:

  • Baird & Bird Real Estate
  • SiteReports Pop-Facts
  • Microvision Area Profile

We thank them for the use of their data.

 

Demographics

When we speak of Swarthmore, we include the approximately 1,300 students at Swarthmore College . This skews many of our statistics (not Education, as those data are from age 25 up), so be aware of this uniqueness.

                 

Population

1990 Census

2000 Census

2002 estimate

2007 projection

Totals

6,157

6170

6,168

6,196

Growth

 

0.2%

-0.1

0.5

 

 

 

 

 

Households

 

 

 

 

Totals

2.023

1,993

1,997

1.954

Growth

 

-1.5

-0.8

-1.2

Average size

 

 

2.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

Age

 

 

6,168

 

0-9

 

 

10.2% / 630

 

10-19

 

 

20.6% / 1,270

 

20-29

 

 

17.1% / 1,055

 

30-39

 

 

9.2% / 567

 

40-49

 

 

13.5% / 833

 

50-59

 

 

13.0% / 802

 

60-69

 

 

6.8% / 419

 

70-79

 

 

5.8% / 358

 

80 and older

 

 

3.8% / 234

 

Average age

 

 

36.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

Education (25+)

 

 

3,417

 

Less than 9 th gr.

 

 

1.0% / 34

 

Some H.S.

 

 

2.8% / 96

 

H.S. grad

 

 

9.6% / 329

 

Some College

 

 

14.7% / 502

 

Assoc. Degree

 

 

5.6% / 190

 

Bachelor Deg.

 

 

33.6% / 1,149

 

Graduate Deg.

 

 

32.7% / 1,117

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income/Hhd

 

 

1,978

 

under $25,000

 

 

  6.3% / 125

 

$25-49,000

 

 

14.1% / 278

 

$50-99,000

 

 

30.4% / 602

 

$100-149,000

 

 

16.9% / 335

 

$150-249,000

 

 

22.2% / 439

 

$250-499,000

 

 

8.3% / 165

 

$500,000 up

 

 

1.7% / 34

 

Average hhd Inc

 

 

$123,353

 

Per Capita Inc

 

 

$40,407

 

 
 
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