Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 16,901.
Upper Chichester Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C+ overall, 790th among Pennsylvania's 1032 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $92K. Expect to pay for it: homes are expensive, about $290K for a typical one and 3.2 times the Philadelphia metro’s $91K median household income. Chichester Friends Meetinghouse is on the National Register of Historic Places. Upper Chichester Township is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 74% of U.S. towns. Upper Chichester Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 83% of U.S. towns.
Where Upper Chichester Township beats most towns.
Where Upper Chichester Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Upper Chichester Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 3,743 in 1930, 16,898 in 2020. The archive holds 6 maps from 1894 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Upper Chichester Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw18 mi MuseumUSS New Jersey
Big draw15 mi Stadium & arenaLincoln Financial Field
Big draw15 mi Stadium & arenaXfinity Mobile Arena
Big draw17 mi Ancient siteIndependence Hall3.0M visitors a year
Big draw17 mi MuseumEastern State Penitentiary
Big draw23 mi MuseumLynnewood HallUSS New Jersey: Camera Operator: PH3 BRYANT, Public domain · Lincoln Financial Field: The original uploader was Betp at French Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Xfinity Mobile Arena: Jen Smith, CC BY 3.0 · Independence Hall: Mys 721tx, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Eastern State Penitentiary: Davidt8, Public domain · Lynnewood Hall: Shuvaev, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Upper Chichester Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Upper Chichester Township.
Upper Chichester Township has a longer frost-free season than almost anywhere else in Pennsylvania and is safe by national standards but not by Pennsylvania’s.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 83% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 27 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Upper Chichester Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by Chichester SD. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Chichester SHS, with 981 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chichester MSLargest public middle schoolGrades 5–8 | Grades 5–8 | 873 | C− |
| Chichester SHSLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 981 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Most working residents leave Upper Chichester Township for work: only 6% work in town. Since 2013, Upper Chichester Township has added 752 jobs, to 5,316 in 2023. 5.3% of residents live below the poverty line in Upper Chichester Township, below both Pennsylvania’s towns (7.6%) and U.S. towns (9.6%).
| Upper Chichester Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 5.3% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $92,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 13% | 12% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The Philadelphia Intl Ap weather station, 11 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 224 days, the highest of 3,547 Pennsylvania places with climate records.
Upper Chichester Township has chilly winters and warm summers. At 87°F, Upper Chichester Township’s July high is above both the Pennsylvania town median (85°F) and the median of U.S. towns (85°F).
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Upper Chichester Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 0 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 41% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Upper Chichester Township.
| Upper Chichester Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 38% | 36% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 35% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 17% | 14% |
| What stands out | Upper Chichester Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 7% | 5.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
At 21.2 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 77% of Pennsylvania’s graded towns.
Upper Chichester Township’s property crime rate is 13.4 per 1,000 residents.
| Upper Chichester Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 13.4 per 1,000 residents | 5.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.5 per 1,000 residents | 0.7 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Pennsylvania average. 30% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 35% across Pennsylvania.
| Upper Chichester Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 39.5 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 20% | 20% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 19% | 21% | 18% |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.2 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Upper Chichester Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.8% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.9% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.3% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.3% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.8% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.8% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.8% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.2% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.5% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 33.3% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 22.6% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.6% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.9% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
0.1 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Living Memorial Gardens | — | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
26 within 15 miles of the center of Upper Chichester Township
About 5 of every 100 Upper Chichester Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Upper Chichester Township is a civil township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 16,738 at the 2010 census.
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8 towns share a border with Upper Chichester Township.
Chester Township next door grades lower for schools (D to Upper Chichester Township’s C) and higher for cost of living (B to C).
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Chichester Township | #790 | C+ | C | C+ | C | B |
| Bethel Township | #56 | A+ | C− | A | A+ | A |
| Lower Chichester Township | #821 | C+ | B+ | D | C | B− |
| Aston Township | #235 | A | C− | A− | A− | A− |
| Village Green-Green Ridge | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Boothwyn | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Trainer | — | — | B | C | C | C− |
| Chester Township | #972 | C− | B | C− | D | B− |
Trainer has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Village Green-Green Ridge and Boothwyn aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Upper Chichester Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Upper Chichester Township grades C+ overall, better than 40% of U.S. towns and #790 of 1032 in Pennsylvania. It grades B for health, C+ for safety and C for schools.
Pennsylvania has less crime than most states, so among its own towns Upper Chichester Township sits nearer the middle.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
Upper Chichester Township has 1 place on the National Register of Historic Places. 2 notable people were born here, including John Martin Broomall and Samuel Howell.
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