Downingtown vs Kennett Square

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

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

Downingtown has the higher population (8,163 vs 6,096 in Kennett Square). Downingtown has the higher median household income ($82,292 vs $74,259 in Kennett Square). Kennett Square has the higher median home value ($347,700 vs $322,500 in Downingtown).

Population, income & housing

	Downingtown	Kennett Square
Population	8,163	6,096
Median age	38.7 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$82,292	$74,259
Median home value	$322,500	$347,700
Median gross rent	$1,528	$1,243
Housing units	3,658	2,348
Homeownership rate	50.9%	52.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.4%	36.3%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Downingtown	Kennett Square
Population	7,926 → 8,163 (+3.0%)	6,190 → 6,096 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$66,345 → $82,292 (+24.0%)	$77,404 → $74,259 (-4.1%)
Median home value	$242,700 → $322,500 (+32.9%)	$263,300 → $347,700 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,194 → $1,528 (+28.0%)	$1,103 → $1,243 (+12.7%)

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

Kennett Square

Population

6,1906,096

Median household income

$77,404$74,259

Median home value

$263,300$347,700

Median gross rent

$1,103$1,243

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Downingtown	Kennett Square
Under 5	6.5%	7.3%
5 to 17	12.9%	15.8%
18 to 24	5.6%	11.9%
25 to 34	20.2%	11.3%
35 to 44	16.9%	13.5%
45 to 54	9.4%	11.2%
55 to 64	14.1%	14.0%
65 to 74	9.8%	9.6%
75 and over	4.7%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Downingtown	Kennett Square
White (non-Hispanic)	71.3%	49.4%
Black or African American	10.9%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	9.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	42.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Downingtown	Kennett Square
No high school diploma	3.2%	18.0%
High school graduate	26.5%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	16.8%
Bachelor's degree	33.3%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	17.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Downingtown	Kennett Square
Drove alone	70.2%	72.9%
Carpooled	11.5%	14.0%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.2%	9.2%
Other means	1.1%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Downingtown	Kennett Square
1-unit, detached	21.0%	47.9%
1-unit, attached	36.6%	16.8%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	11.5%
5 to 19 units	23.5%	16.4%
20 or more units	9.2%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Downingtown	Kennett Square
Poverty rate	7.1%	4.5%
Average household size	2.27	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1964	1955