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
|
|
|
