Kennett Square vs Lionville

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

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

Lionville has the higher population (7,091 vs 6,096 in Kennett Square). Lionville has the higher median household income ($96,381 vs $74,259 in Kennett Square). Lionville has the higher median home value ($424,200 vs $347,700 in Kennett Square).

Population, income & housing

	Kennett Square	Lionville
Population	6,096	7,091
Median age	38.5 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$74,259	$96,381
Median home value	$347,700	$424,200
Median gross rent	$1,243	$1,814
Housing units	2,348	3,143
Homeownership rate	52.5%	51.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.3%	61.4%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kennett Square	Lionville
Population	6,190 → 6,096 (-1.5%)	6,398 → 7,091 (+10.8%)
Median household income	$77,404 → $74,259 (-4.1%)	$92,757 → $96,381 (+3.9%)
Median home value	$263,300 → $347,700 (+32.1%)	$327,400 → $424,200 (+29.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,103 → $1,243 (+12.7%)	$1,475 → $1,814 (+23.0%)

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

Lionville

Population

6,3987,091

Median household income

$92,757$96,381

Median home value

$327,400$424,200

Median gross rent

$1,475$1,814

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kennett Square	Lionville
Under 5	7.3%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.8%	14.5%
18 to 24	11.9%	12.7%
25 to 34	11.3%	13.2%
35 to 44	13.5%	11.3%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.7%
55 to 64	14.0%	13.0%
65 to 74	9.6%	11.2%
75 and over	5.3%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kennett Square	Lionville
White (non-Hispanic)	49.4%	69.8%
Black or African American	4.0%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	10.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	42.3%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kennett Square	Lionville
No high school diploma	18.0%	2.7%
High school graduate	29.0%	15.5%
Some college or associate's	16.8%	20.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	40.6%
Graduate or professional degree	17.5%	20.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kennett Square	Lionville
Drove alone	72.9%	70.9%
Carpooled	14.0%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	3.5%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	20.7%
Other means	0.4%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kennett Square	Lionville
1-unit, detached	47.9%	37.9%
1-unit, attached	16.8%	35.6%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	16.4%	18.8%
20 or more units	6.7%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kennett Square	Lionville
Poverty rate	4.5%	3.3%
Average household size	2.82	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1955	1980