Lionville vs West Chester

A side-by-side comparison of Lionville and West Chester: population, income, housing, and more.

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

West Chester has the higher population (19,235 vs 7,091 in Lionville). Lionville has the higher median household income ($96,381 vs $81,492 in West Chester). West Chester has the higher median home value ($481,300 vs $424,200 in Lionville).

Population, income & housing

	Lionville	West Chester
Population	7,091	19,235
Median age	37.5 yrs	24.8 yrs
Median household income	$96,381	$81,492
Median home value	$424,200	$481,300
Median gross rent	$1,814	$1,661
Housing units	3,143	7,371
Homeownership rate	51.9%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.4%	60.1%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lionville	West Chester
Population	6,398 → 7,091 (+10.8%)	20,034 → 19,235 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$92,757 → $96,381 (+3.9%)	$61,837 → $81,492 (+31.8%)
Median home value	$327,400 → $424,200 (+29.6%)	$378,400 → $481,300 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,475 → $1,814 (+23.0%)	$1,293 → $1,661 (+28.5%)

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

West Chester

Population

20,03419,235

Median household income

$61,837$81,492

Median home value

$378,400$481,300

Median gross rent

$1,293$1,661

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lionville	West Chester
Under 5	5.4%	2.4%
5 to 17	14.5%	7.2%
18 to 24	12.7%	41.2%
25 to 34	13.2%	17.4%
35 to 44	11.3%	8.5%
45 to 54	12.7%	7.8%
55 to 64	13.0%	6.0%
65 to 74	11.2%	5.7%
75 and over	5.9%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lionville	West Chester
White (non-Hispanic)	69.8%	71.4%
Black or African American	2.6%	12.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	6.9%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	10.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lionville	West Chester
No high school diploma	2.7%	6.0%
High school graduate	15.5%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	20.4%	13.9%
Bachelor's degree	40.6%	38.2%
Graduate or professional degree	20.8%	21.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lionville	West Chester
Drove alone	70.9%	63.6%
Carpooled	6.7%	5.7%
Public transit	1.2%	1.5%
Walked	0.3%	13.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	20.7%	14.9%
Other means	0.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lionville	West Chester
1-unit, detached	37.9%	16.7%
1-unit, attached	35.6%	32.4%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	16.7%
5 to 19 units	18.8%	14.9%
20 or more units	0.7%	19.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Lionville	West Chester
Poverty rate	3.3%	18.3%
Average household size	2.30	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1980	1958