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Wealth Creation

Wealth Creation

Racism and other patterns of discrimination have long constrained opportunity for some and privileged others. The Data Center's indicators of economic status and mobility include income figures, vulnerability indices, and unemployment, housing, and poverty rates.

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Wealth Creation Indicators

What are these sections about?

Many of the most entrenched and pernicious biases and discriminatory practices in the U.S. have resulted in disparities across an array of measures of wealth. Though economic inequities develop for complex and varied reasons, understanding unequal outcomes across employment, income, housing, and other indicators of wealth is critical to uncovering historical and systemic constraints to opportunity.

Employment

Zip Code 19956


Unemployment Rate

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The unemployment rate percent in Zip Code 19956 is 2.8%, which is lower than the state percent of 5.8%.

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The unemployment rate is defined as the total number of unemployed individuals divided by the total number of individuals in the labor force

Unemployment Rate
Unemployment Rate by Ethnicity
Unemployment Rate by Race
Unemployment Rate by Sex
Unemployment Rate by Age

Percent families with at least one employed parent

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The percent families with at least one employed parent percent in Zip Code 19956 is 89.7%, which is lower than the state percent of 92.2%.

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Employed includes all civilians 16 years old and over who were either "at work" or were "with a job but not at work"

Percent families with at least one employed parent

Income and Poverty

Zip Code 19956


Child Poverty Rate

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The child poverty rate percent in Zip Code 19956 is 31.8%, which is higher than the state percent of 17.2%.

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Percent of children who fall below poverty threshold. The Census Bureau uses a set of dollar income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who is in poverty. If the total income for a family or unrelated individual falls below the relevant poverty threshold, then the family (and every individual in it) or unrelated individual is considered in poverty.

Child Poverty Rate
Child Poverty Rate by Ethnicity
Child Poverty Rate by Race
Child Poverty Rate by Age

Family Poverty Rate

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The family poverty rate percent in Zip Code 19956 is 28.7%, which is higher than the state percent of 13.5%.

About this indicator

The Census Bureau uses a set of dollar income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who is in poverty. If the total income for a family or unrelated individual falls below the relevant poverty threshold, then the family (and every individual in it) or unrelated individual is considered in poverty.

Family Poverty Rate
Family Poverty Rate by Ethnicity
Family Poverty Rate by Race

Median Family Income

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The median family income figure in Zip Code 19956 is $61,964, which is lower than the state figure of $84,825.

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A family is defined as a household where two or more people are related by birth, marriage, or adoption. Income for a family is summed over all family members.

Median Family Income
Median Family Income by Ethnicity

Median Household Income

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The median household income figure in Zip Code 19956 is $49,939, which is lower than the state figure of $69,110.

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A household includes all the people who occupy a housing unit (such as a house or apartment) as their usual place of residence.

Median Household Income
Median Household Income by Ethnicity
Median Household Income by Race
Median Household Income by Age

Housing

Zip Code 19956


Rent Burden

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The rent burden percent in Zip Code 19956 is 54.3%, which is higher than the state percent of 46.2%.

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The proportion of households that spend 30% of their total income on rent; this value is pulled directly from available census data

Rent Burden

Percent Renters

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The percent renters percent in Zip Code 19956 is 33.4%, which is higher than the state percent of 28.6%.

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Percent of individuals who report living in a renter-occupied unit

Percent Renters
Percent Renters by Ethnicity
Percent Renters by Race
Percent Renters by Age

Percent Households with a Broadband Subscription

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The percent households with a broadband subscription percent in Zip Code 19956 is 81.8%, which is lower than the state percent of 90.0%.

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Percent of households reporting having a computer broadband internet subscription cable, fiber-optic, or DSL service.

Percent Households with a Broadband Subscription
Percent Households with a Broadband Subscription by Ethnicity
Percent Households with a Broadband Subscription by Race
Percent Households with a Broadband Subscription by Age

Benefits

Zip Code 19956


Percent Households receiving SNAP Benefits

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The percent households receiving SNAP benefits percent in Zip Code 19956 is 23.4%, which is higher than the state percent of 10.6%.

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Percent of households reporting receiving benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

Percent Households receiving SNAP Benefits
Percent Households receiving SNAP Benefits by Race

Deprivation

Zip Code 19956


State Area Deprivation Index

State Area Deprivation Index