Darby township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Land area: 1.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 9,622 (all urban)
| Males: 4,440 |  (46.1%) |
| Females: 5,182 |  (53.9%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 9,618 (7,498 owner occupied, 2,120 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 22% |
| State: | 29% |
Races in Darby township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 62.0%
- Black: 36.1%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
- Asian: 0.2%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
- Hispanic or Latino: 0.9%
- Two or more races: 0.5%
- Some other race: 0.2%
Median age of males: 37.3
Median age of females: 39.4
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Average household size: 2.62
| Darby township: | 2.6 people |
| Pennsylvania: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.13
Estimated median household income in 2013: ($33,906 in 1999)
Median contract rent in 2013: $837 (lower quartile is $462, upper quartile is $709)| Darby township: | $64,822 |
| Pennsylvania: | $52,007 |
| Here: | $837 |
| State: | $675 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $227,600 (it was $127,000 in 2000)
| : | $227,600 |
| Pennsylvania: | $164,200 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $338,956
Here: $338,956 State: $221,511
Townhouses or other attached units: $154,444
Here: $154,444 State: $157,348
In 2-unit structures: $170,420
Here: $170,420 State: $141,335
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $254,846
Here: $254,846 State: $186,490
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $196,169
Here: $196,169 State: $212,799
Mobile homes: $13,543
Here: $13,543 State: $45,445
| Population density: 6739 people per square mile | (very high). |
| This township: | 3.1% |
| Whole state: | 11.0% |
| This township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
57% of Darby township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 100% lived in this county.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 87
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 7
- South: 0
- West: 4
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 39
- Construction (12%)
- Health care (5%)
- U. S. Postal service (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (23%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Business operations specialists (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Darby township:
- Irish (51.7%)
- German (19.0%)
- Norwegian (6.9%)
- Belgian (5.2%)
- English (5.2%)
- Danish (3.4%)
- European (3.4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 31 (60%)
- Carpooled: 6 (12%)
- Worked at home: 15 (29%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (89%)
- Utility gas (6%)
- Electricity (6%)
4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
97.8% of residents of Darby township speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 98- In family households: 88 (21 male householders, 2 female householders)
18 spouses, 47 children (47 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 10 (10 male householders (10 living alone)), 0 female householders (0 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 6 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 3 4-persons, 12 5-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 10 1-person,
1,369 married couples with children.
778 single-parent households (85 men, 693 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |