Kennett Square is a somewhat small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 5,273 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Kennett Square is the 336th largest community in Pennsylvania.

Unlike some boroughs where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Kennett Square is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Kennett Square is a borough of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Kennett Square who work in office and administrative support jobs (13.69%), sales jobs (10.25%), and food service (7.97%).

In addition, Kennett Square is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Being a small borough, Kennett Square does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Kennett Square Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Kennett Square who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 14.96%: 20.26% of adults in Kennett Square have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Kennett Square in 2000 was $22,292, which is upper middle income relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $89,168 for a family of four.

Kennett Square is a very ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Kennett Square home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Kennett Square is White, followed by African-American. Kennett Square also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 28.11% of the borough's residents. Important ancestries of people in Kennett Square include English, Italian, Irish, and German.

Kennett Square also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 17.52%.

The most common language spoken in Kennett Square is English. Some people also speak Spanish.