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Delaware County, Pennsylvania

Delaware County, Pennsylvania has a quality-of-life score of 81 out of 100 (very high), ranking #592 of 3,143 US counties. Within Pennsylvania it ranks #14 of 67 counties. It ranks best on public transit commuters (high), distance to an airport (low) and flu vaccinations (high). It ranks worst on time spent in the emergency room (high), effective property tax rate (high) and rent as share of income (high).

81Very high

Quality-of-life score: #592 of 3,143 counties
Pennsylvania: #14 of 67 in PA
Population: 580,937 (2025)
Land area: 184 mi²
Density: 3,160.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 42045

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 77 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety66#1,046/3,096
Economy75#792/3,143
Housing2#3,064/3,140
Health92#254/3,144
Healthcare97#81/3,143
Environment28#2,236/3,108
Education90#309/3,144
Infrastructure93#234/3,144
Community88#366/3,144
Leisure & amenities70#947/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Delaware County, Pennsylvania ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Public transit commuters · high5.9%
99/100Pennsylvania 3.6%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301
Distance to an airport · low8 mi
99/100Pennsylvania 36 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Flu vaccinations · high56.0%
98/100Pennsylvania 52.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Distance to an emergency room · low2.7 mi
98/100Pennsylvania 5.0 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Traffic deaths · low4.8 /100k
97/100Pennsylvania 9.0 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional data
Natural hazard risk · low3.3
97/100Pennsylvania 22.42025Federal Emergency Management Agency

Weaknesses

Time spent in the emergency room · high248 min
2/100Pennsylvania 191 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Effective property tax rate · high1.62%
5/100Pennsylvania 1.25%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Rent as share of income · high32.7%
7/100Pennsylvania 29.2%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.488
8/100Pennsylvania 0.474United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Child care cost burden · high39.2%
8/100Pennsylvania 34.6%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Rent-burdened households · high54.9%
8/100Pennsylvania 48.2%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 51% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+51 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
High ozone daysImproving
9 days (2017) → 1 days (2022)
−89%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Child care cost burdenWorsening
25.7% (2020 & 2021) → 39.2% (2023 & 2024)
+14 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
New homes permittedWorsening
0.9 /1k (2021) → 0.3 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−66%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Violent crime rateImproving
296 /100k (2020) → 152 /100k (2025)
−49%5 yearsUS 389 /100k → 328 /100k
Homicide rateImproving
9.0 /100k (2021) → 5.2 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−42%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Delaware County, Pennsylvania improved on 12 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 6. 13 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved12

Unemployment−5.1 points9.3% → 4.2%
Firearm deaths−33%13.7 /100k → 9.2 /100k
Commute−1.6 min29.7 min → 28.1 min
Violent crime−49%296 /100k → 152 /100k
Homicides−50%10.4 /100k → 5.2 /100k

Declined6

Transit use−4.5 points10.4% → 5.9%
Property crime+18%1,328 /100k → 1,562 /100k
New businesses−6.3%14.5 /1k → 13.6 /1k
Rent / income+3 points29.7% → 32.7%
Rent burden+5.4 points49.5% → 54.9%

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of Delaware County, Pennsylvania between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.8 /10k2020	4.1 /10k2025	+9.2%	Within the margin of error	57%
Average commute time	29.7 min2015-2019	28.1 min2020-2024	−1.6 min	Improved	85%
Average weekly wage	$1,2632020	$1,4392025	+14%	Improved	5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.0%2015-2019	41.9%2020-2024	+2.9 points	Improved	53%
Broadband subscriptions	86.1%2015-2019	93.3%2020-2024	+7.2 points	Improved	25%
Child poverty rate	13.8%2019	13.9%2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	24%
Distance to an airport	8 mi2020	8 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	35.4 /100k2020	21.3 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−40%	Improved	64%
Effective property tax rate	1.84%2015-2019	1.62%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	78%
Firearm deaths	13.7 /100k2020	9.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−33%	Improved	90%
Grocery stores	2.0 /10k2020	1.9 /10k2025	−5.9%	Within the margin of error	34%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.7 /10k2020	1.7 /10k2025	+0.3%	Within the margin of error	48%
High school diploma or higher	93.1%2015-2019	93.9%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	27%
Home price to income ratio	3.3×2015-2019	3.7×2020-2024	+0.4×	Declined	46%
Homicide rate	10.4 /100k2020	5.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−50%	Improved	72%
Income adjusted for local prices	$65,7102019	$82,9752024	+26%	Improved	18%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4842015-2019	0.4882020-2024	+0.005	Within the margin of error	46%
Median household income	$76,7832019	$90,1132024	+17%	Improved	15%
New business applications	14.5 /1k2020	13.6 /1k2025	−6.3%	Declined	6%
Pharmacies	2.4 /10k2020	2.0 /10k2025	−15%	Within the margin of error	32%
Poverty rate	9.9%2019	10.7%2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	25%
Property crime rate	1,328 /100k2020	1,562 /100k2025	+18%	Declined	6%
Public libraries	0.5 /10k2019	0.5 /10k2024	−2.6%	Within the margin of error	39%
Public transit commuters	10.4%2015-2019	5.9%2020-2024	−4.5 points	Declined	3%
Rent as share of income	29.7%2015-2019	32.7%2020-2024	+3 points	Declined	19%
Rent-burdened households	49.5%2015-2019	54.9%2020-2024	+5.4 points	Declined	24%
Restaurants and bars	7.4 /10k2020	7.4 /10k2025	+0.6%	Within the margin of error	51%
Students per teacher	14.4×2019	13.2×2024	−1.2×	Improved	71%
Suicide rate	11.6 /100k2020	10.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−6.9%	Within the margin of error	71%
Traffic deaths	4.4 /100k2015-2019	4.8 /100k2020-2024	+8.6%	Within the margin of error	44%
Unemployment rate	9.3%2020	4.2%2025	−5.1 points	Improved	94%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.3%2019	5.6%2024	−0.7 points	Within the margin of error	43%
Violent crime rate	296 /100k2020	152 /100k2025	−49%	Improved	86%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Delaware County, Pennsylvania five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Delaware County, Pennsylvania in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Delaware County, Pennsylvania itself moved +0.5 points in standing on average over the same 32 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

579,222 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 50–59 women (−0.8 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

579,222 residents

Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

White62%361,386
Black22%126,799
Hispanic or Latino5.0%29,222

Education

395,146 residents (±49)

Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

No high school diploma6.1%24,132
High school or GED27%107,779
Some college17%65,738

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

216,946 households (±987)

Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $25k13%28,181
$25k–50k15%33,527
$50k–75k14%30,792
$75k–100k12%26,314
$100k–150k17%37,591
$150k–200k10%21,921
$200k or more18%38,620

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+6.4 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

216,946 households (±987)

Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Own70%151,016
Rent30%65,930

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

64,381 households (±1,897)

Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $7508.2%5,255
$750–1,00011%7,094
$1,000–1,50041%26,211

Home values

151,016 homes (±1,820)

Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under $150k14%20,802
$150k–250k22%32,552
$250k–400k26%39,255

Age of homes

229,715 homes (±174)

Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

2010 or later3.4%7,865
2000–20094.6%10,493
1980–199913%29,218

Size of homes

229,715 homes (±174)

Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Studio2.0%4,672
1 bedroom12%26,444
2 bedrooms18%40,811

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

278,394 workers (±2,681)

Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Drive alone64%179,199
Carpool6.6%18,478
Public transit5.9%16,301
Walk3.3%9,146
Bike0.2%†576
Work from home18%50,157
Other1.6%4,537

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+13.1 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

228,237 workers (±2,906)

Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania share

Under 15 min22%49,323
15–29 min33%75,917
30–44 min25%58,108

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Delaware County has 13,165 employer establishments, 227 for every 10,000 residents (0.92× the US rate of 248; 0.96× Pennsylvania's), with 237,233 paid employees at an average annual pay of $65,310. The Census Bureau also counts 50,531 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 13,165; 50,531 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 227; US 248 · Pennsylvania 236
Paid employees: 237,233
Average annual pay: $65,310; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Delaware County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	1,139	19.7	0.94×About typical	17,460	$69,306	3,697
Specialty trade contractors	944	16.3	1.05×About typical	9,123	$78,117	2,656
Restaurants and other eating places	932	16.1	0.88×About typical	15,951	$21,419	272
Lessors of real estate	470	8.1	0.66×Fewer than typical	2,534	$91,606	5,378
Construction of buildings	463	8	1.06×About typical	2,451	$78,490	1,076
Limited-service restaurants	461	8	0.99×About typical	6,459	$19,053	146
Services to buildings and dwellings	452	7.8	1.16×About typical	6,386	$41,186	2,068
Building equipment contractors	444	7.7	1.27×More than typical	4,322	$88,910	583
Personal care services	400	6.9	1.45×More than typical	2,667	$27,019	1,732
Management, scientific and technical consulting	356	6.1	0.92×About typical	2,293	$98,232	2,359
Full-service restaurants	347	6	0.78×Fewer than typical	7,955	$23,965	88
Automotive repair and maintenance	340	5.9	1.17×About typical	1,745	$51,966	324

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 579,086 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $2.4B on contracts performed in Delaware County, Pennsylvania: $4,170 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $2.4B; +86% vs FY2025
Per resident: $4,170; US $1,994
Sole-source: 89%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.7%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Army$1.5B62%
U.S. Special Operations Command$547.7M23%
Department of the Air Force$136.8M5.6%
Department of the Navy$86M3.5%
Defense Contract Management Agency$66.9M2.8%
Defense Logistics Agency$58.4M2.4%
Federal Acquisition Service$4M0.2%
Federal Aviation Administration$2.5M0.1%

Top recipients

THE BOEING COMPANY$2.3B94%
DELPHINUS ENGINEERING, INC.$42.9M1.8%
SAP NATIONAL SECURITY SERVICES INC$32.3M1.3%
BENAKA, INC.$23M0.9%
BELL BOEING JOINT PROJECT OFFICE$13.8M0.6%
VWR INTERNATIONAL LLC

Spending by fiscal year

1.4BFY2017
1.2BFY2018
1.6BFY2019
925.3MFY2020
1.1BFY2021
974.6MFY2022
1.6BFY2023
1.4B

Top industries (NAICS)

Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$2.3B94%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$32.7M1.4%
Ship and boat building · 3366$29.4M1.2%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$23.2M1.0%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$15.2M0.6%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413

Largest awards

CH-47F CARGO HELICOPTER MULTIYEAR II. 34 NEW BUILD HELICOPTERS AND 121 RENEW HELICOPTERS.$3.8B
THE BOEING COMPANY· Delaware County, PA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Nov 3, 2016 – Apr 23, 2026· W58RGZ13C0002
UH-1N REPLACEMENT HELICOPTER SYSTEM$1.4B
THE BOEING COMPANY· Delaware County, PA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Sep 24, 2018 – Jun 4, 2026· FA873918C5030
CH-47F BLOCK II AIRCRAFT WITH AIR TO AIR REFUELING INCLUSIVE OF ALL SERVICE, MATERIAL, PRODUCTION, AND MANUFACTURING FOR GERMANY, GY-B-XBT$995.3M
THE BOEING COMPANY· Delaware County, PA· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Oct 27, 2025 – Mar 18, 2026· W58RGZ26C0003

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $3.5B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Delaware County, Pennsylvania: $5,942 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $3.5B; −5.9% vs FY2025
Per resident: $5,942; US $12,955
Loan face value: $145.3M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.0%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$2.4B68%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$263.5M7.6%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$190.4M5.5%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$167.8M4.9%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$104.4M3.0%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$61.3M1.8%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$51.1M1.5%
20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$40.5M1.2%

Top recipients (organizations)

CITY OF PHILADELPHIA P$60.6M1.8%
PHILADELPHIA, PA
PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$58.9M1.7%
HARRISBURG, PA
DE COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY SECTION$35.8M1.0%
WOODLYN, PA
CHESTER HOUSING AUTHORITY$27.8M0.8%
CHESTER, PA
DELAWARE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$2.9B84%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$196M5.7%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Education$71.8M2.1%
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$62.9M1.8%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Federal Aviation Administration$60.6M

Assistance by fiscal year

3.2BFY2021
2.9BFY2022
3.1BFY2023
3.3BFY2024
3.7BFY2025
3.5BFY2026

County aggregates

91%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Delaware County, Pennsylvania compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Delaware County, Pennsylvania
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Delaware County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Delaware County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2017	$2,504	$1,436
FY2018	$2,090	$1,552
FY2019	$2,789	$1,654
FY2020	$1,605	$1,880
FY2021	$1,964	$1,810
FY2022	$1,690	$1,917
FY2023	$2,746	$2,079
FY2024	$2,396	$2,047
FY2025	$2,247	$2,165
FY2026	$4,170 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Delaware County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Delaware County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2017	$2.32	$93.28
FY2018	$4.56	$105
FY2019	$4.11	$128
FY2020	$7.78	$145
FY2021	$6.76	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Delaware County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Delaware County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2021	$2,664	$5,748
FY2022	$2,011	$5,221
FY2023	$3,092	$5,364
FY2024	$2,758	$5,501
FY2025	$2,692	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Delaware County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Delaware County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2021	$352	$298
FY2022	$198	$357
FY2023	$213	$301
FY2024	$229	$319
FY2025	$308	$360
FY2026	$207

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Delaware County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Delaware County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2021	$159	$239
FY2022	$139	$185
FY2023	$154	$229
FY2024	$156	$229
FY2025	$145	$249
FY2026	$145

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Delaware County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Delaware County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2021	$40.79	$2,304
FY2022	$26.77	$2,197
FY2023	$31.78	$2,274
FY2024	$33.73	$2,267
FY2025	$31.96	$2,397
FY2026	$28.29

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Delaware County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Delaware County, Pennsylvania	United States
FY2021	$1,319	$1,186
FY2022	$550	$465
FY2023	$289	$76.52
FY2024	$212	$120
FY2025	$215	$148
FY2026	$176

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Delaware County, Pennsylvania
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Delaware County, Pennsylvania and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Delaware County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	1.6%	2.0%
2015

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/42045

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Delaware County, Pennsylvania is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Mary Gay ScanlonD-PA-5 · 100% of residentsWith party 100%Missed 1.5%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

Metro area

The metro or micro area Delaware County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD73Central county

Cities and towns in Delaware County

Places whose residents live mostly in Delaware County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/42045

Calendar years	Delaware County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	−4.0%	−4.2%
2015	−0.9%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.7%	+3.3%
2018	+5.5%	+6.8%
2019	+7.1%	+10.5%
2020	+15.8%	+19.4%
2021	+20.2%	+26.1%
2022	+24.0%	+30.6%
2023	+25.6%	+35.0%
2024	+29.0%	+41.0%
2025	+31.9%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Delaware County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	−7.5%	−5.5%
2015	−3.0%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.7%	+4.1%
2018	+10.1%	+8.9%
2019	+14.9%	+13.5%
2020	+20.8%	+20.8%
2021	+28.2%	+32.1%
2022	+32.3%	+35.4%
2023	+38.4%	+42.9%
2024	+43.5%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Delaware County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	0.8/1k	3.3/1k
2015	0.6/1k	3.7/1k
2016	0.8/1k	3.7/1k
2017	1.0/1k	3.9/1k
2018	0.5/1k	4.1/1k
2019	0.5/1k	4.2/1k
2020	0.4/1k	4.4/1k
2021	0.9/1k	5.2/1k
2022	0.6/1k	5.0/1k
2023	0.5/1k	4.5/1k
2024	0.5/1k	4.3/1k
2025	0.4/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Delaware County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	−7.2%	−6.9%
2015	−0.9%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+8.7%	+4.7%
2018	+6.2%	+7.5%
2019	+13.3%	+14.0%
2020	+10.9%	+16.9%
2021	+15.4%	+21.0%
2022	+23.7%	+29.7%
2023	+24.2%	+34.9%
2024	+33.0%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Delaware County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	−5.5% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−2.9% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+4.5% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+9.2% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+15.1% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+29.5% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+42.0% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+57.8% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+68.7% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+76.3% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+79.9% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Delaware County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	5.6%	6.2%
2015	5.0%	5.3%
2016	5.1%	4.9%
2017	4.8%	4.4%
2018	4.3%	3.9%
2019	4.1%	3.7%
2020	9.3%	8.1%
2021	6.0%	5.4%
2022	4.0%	3.7%
2023	3.4%	3.6%
2024	3.7%	4.0%
2025	4.2%	4.3%

Calendar years	Delaware County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	11.0%	15.5%
2015	10.4%	14.7%
2016	10.8%	14.0%
2017	9.8%	13.4%
2018	8.8%	13.1%
2019	9.9%	12.3%
2020	9.3%	11.9%
2021	10.1%	12.8%
2022	9.7%	12.6%
2023	10.8%	12.5%
2024	10.7%	12.1%

Calendar years	Delaware County, Pennsylvania	United States
2015	−3.4% (Dec 2015)	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+2.7% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+6.1% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+10.9% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+18.5% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+30.7% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+40.0% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+46.6% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+54.1% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+59.3% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Delaware County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	9.3%	13.5%
2015	6.8%	10.9%
2016	5.9%	10.0%
2017	5.6%	10.2%
2018	6.1%	10.4%
2019	6.3%	10.8%
2020	6.5%	10.4%
2021	5.5%	10.2%
2022	5.4%	9.5%
2023	5.6%	9.5%
2024	5.6%	9.8%

Calendar years	Delaware County, Pennsylvania	United States
2014	7.1/1k	8.5/1k
2015	7.2/1k	8.7/1k
2016	7.6/1k	9.1/1k
2017	8.8/1k	9.8/1k
2018	9.1/1k	10.7/1k
2019	10.4/1k	10.6/1k
2020	14.5/1k	13.1/1k
2021	17.7/1k	16.2/1k
2022	13.5/1k	15.1/1k
2023	14.4/1k	16.2/1k
2024	12.6/1k	15.4/1k
2025	13.6/1k	16.6/1k

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What changed in five years

Improved12

Declined6

Counties like Delaware County, Pennsylvania five years ago that improved

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Representation in Congress

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Data and sources

Improved12

Declined6

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