Table Shows a Wide Income Range Between Delco’s Wealthiest School Districts…and Its Poorest
Several of the region’s wealthiest to poorest school districts exist under Delaware County’s umbrella, writes Kennedy Rose and Ethan Lott for the Philadelphia Business Journal.
The Journal looked at school districts in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties, ranking them by median household incomes. The data is based on five-year estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau for 2013-2017.
The table below highlights the data from lowest to highest median household income:
| District | Rank by household income in the region | Median household income | Total households | % with no health insurance | % below poverty line |
| Chester-Upland | 63 | $31,838 | 14,310 | 11.2 | 28.4 |
| William Penn | 59 | $50,593 | 15,425 | 10.5 | 11.7 |
| Southeast Delco | 58 | $51,171 | 11,544 | 9.2 | 12.6 |
| Upper Darby | 57 | $52,579 | 33,239 | 11.4 | 11.7 |
| Chichester | 53 | $61,429 | 9,334 | 5.7 | 7.4 |
| Interboro | 52 | $67,671 | 8,900 | 6.3 | 7.9 |
| Ridley | 48 | $68,873 | 15,614 | 4.4 | 6.4 |
| Penn Delco | 39 | $76,816 | 10,371 | 3.2 | 2.4 |
| Marple Newtown | 29 | $89,524 | 13,437 | 3.4 | 2.8 |
| Rose Tree-Media | 21 | $95,398 | 14,406 | 3.1 | 1.7 |
| Springfield | 18 | $101,571 | 9,446 | 3.8 | 2 |
| Haverford | 16 | $102,838 | 17,593 | 2.7 | 1.7 |
| Garnet Valley | 12 | $105,417 | 10,364 | 2.4 | 1.5 |
| Wallingford-Swarthmore | 10 | $107,129 | 7,537 | 2.8 | 2.4 |
| Radnor | 7 | $111,607 | 9,557 | 2.4 | 4.2 |
Read more about how your school district is ranked on Philadelphia Business Journal here.
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