About Lionville-Marchwood

Lionville-Marchwood is a somewhat small town located in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 6,239 people and just one neighborhood, Lionville-Marchwood is the 279th largest community in Pennsylvania.

Lionville-Marchwood is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Lionville-Marchwood is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lionville-Marchwood who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.44%), management occupations (12.95%), and sales jobs (12.37%).

Also of interest is that Lionville-Marchwood has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Lionville-Marchwood is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Lionville-Marchwood is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Lionville-Marchwood's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

In Lionville-Marchwood, a lot of people use the train to get to work every day even though Lionville-Marchwood is a relatively small town. Those that ride the train are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.

Lionville-Marchwood Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Lionville-Marchwood is a pretty powerful place. 50.35% of the adults in Lionville-Marchwood have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Lionville-Marchwood in 2000 was $33,003, which is wealthy relative to Pennsylvania and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $132,012 for a family of four. However, Lionville-Marchwood contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Lionville-Marchwood home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Lionville-Marchwood is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Lionville-Marchwood include Irish, German, Italian, English, Polish, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Lionville-Marchwood is English. Some people also speak Spanish.