Parkside is a

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, United States. The population was 2,328 at the 2010 census.

Geography

Parkside is in southern Delaware County, bordered to the east by

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, to the south by Upland, and to the west by Brookhaven. According to the

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, the borough has a total area of , all land.

Transportation

As of 2008, there were of public roads in Parkside, of which were maintained by the

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(PennDOT) and were maintained by the borough. Pennsylvania Route 352 (Edgmont Avenue) is the main road through the borough, leading southeast to

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and the center of Chester and northwest to U.S. Route 1 near

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Demographics

As of Census 2010, the racial makeup of the borough was 80.5%

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, 12.9%

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, 0.8% Native American, 2.4% Asian, 0.9% from other races, and 2.4% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 3.5% of the populatio

As of the

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of 2000, there were 2,267 people, 869 households, and 604 families residing in the borough. The population density was . There were 918 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the borough was 95.63%

, 2.43%

, 0.18% Native American, 0.57% Asian, 0.04%

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, 0.35% from other races, and 0.79% from two or more races.

or Latino of any race were 1.76% of the population. There were 869 households, out of which 35.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.3% were

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living together, 13.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.4% were non-families. 26.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.16. In the borough the population was spread out, with 27.0% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 33.8% from 25 to 44, 18.6% from 45 to 64, and 13.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 95.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.3 males. The median income for a household in the borough was $43,533, and the median income for a family was $48,958. Males had a median income of $40,668 versus $28,563 for females. The

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for the borough was $19,448. About 5.0% of families and 5.6% of the population were below the

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, including 4.9% of those under age 18 and 14.5% of those age 65 or over.

Education

Parkside is a part of the Penn-Delco School District. File:Parkside PA Fire Company.JPG, Fire company File:Parkside PA Elementary School.JPG, Parkside Elementary School File:Former Transformation Christian Parkside PA.JPG, Empty church File:Vets Memorial Parkside PA.JPG, Veterans' memorial

References

External links

Borough of Parkside official website
{{authority control Populated places established in 1919 Boroughs in Delaware County, Pennsylvania 1919 establishments in Pennsylvania