Coatesville vs Downingtown

A side-by-side comparison of Coatesville and Downingtown: population, income, housing, and more.

Coatesville and Downingtown are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Coatesville has the higher population (13,323 vs 8,163 in Downingtown). Downingtown has the higher median household income ($82,292 vs $57,323 in Coatesville). Downingtown has the higher median home value ($322,500 vs $160,500 in Coatesville).

Population, income & housing

	Coatesville	Downingtown
Population	13,323	8,163
Median age	34.2 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,323	$82,292
Median home value	$160,500	$322,500
Median gross rent	$1,464	$1,528
Housing units	5,340	3,658
Homeownership rate	35.8%	50.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%	46.4%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coatesville	Downingtown
Population	13,136 → 13,323 (+1.4%)	7,926 → 8,163 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$45,265 → $57,323 (+26.6%)	$66,345 → $82,292 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$123,500 → $160,500 (+30.0%)	$242,700 → $322,500 (+32.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,139 → $1,464 (+28.5%)	$1,194 → $1,528 (+28.0%)

Coatesville

Population

13,13613,323

Median household income

$45,265$57,323

Median home value

$123,500$160,500

Median gross rent

$1,139$1,464

Downingtown

Population

7,9268,163

Median household income

$66,345$82,292

Median home value

$242,700$322,500

Median gross rent

$1,194$1,528

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coatesville	Downingtown
Under 5	7.0%	6.5%
5 to 17	20.8%	12.9%
18 to 24	8.0%	5.6%
25 to 34	16.0%	20.2%
35 to 44	14.1%	16.9%
45 to 54	9.5%	9.4%
55 to 64	13.4%	14.1%
65 to 74	7.2%	9.8%
75 and over	4.0%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coatesville	Downingtown
White (non-Hispanic)	24.8%	71.3%
Black or African American	34.6%	10.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	9.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.5%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	33.2%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coatesville	Downingtown
No high school diploma	18.7%	3.2%
High school graduate	42.7%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	33.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coatesville	Downingtown
Drove alone	67.2%	70.2%
Carpooled	18.5%	11.5%
Public transit	2.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.9%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	15.2%
Other means	6.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coatesville	Downingtown
1-unit, detached	22.1%	21.0%
1-unit, attached	44.4%	36.6%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	14.8%	23.5%
20 or more units	8.1%	9.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Coatesville	Downingtown
Poverty rate	20.4%	7.1%
Average household size	2.69	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1952	1964