Swarthmore was originally known as Westdale around honor of noted painter Benjamin West, who was one of a early residents of the town. A title was changed to Swarthmore fallowing a establishment of Swarthmore College. A student people is astir 1400.

Geography
Swarthmore is placed at 39°54'Six" North, 75°20'49" West (39.901788, -75.347083).

Based on data from a United States Census Bureau, the borough has the number metropolitan area of Trinity.Six km² (1.4 mi²), all land.

Demographics
When of the censusof 2000, there are 6,17Population, 1,993 family, & 1,347 families living in the borough. A population density is 1,726.3/km² (4,460.4/mi²). There are 2,064 housing units at an typical density of 577.5/km² (1,492.1/mi²). A racial makeup of the borough is 85.87% White, 4.72% African American, 0.24% Native American, 5.49% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 1.07% from other races, and 2.56% from two or more races. Deuce-ace.37% of the people are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 1,993 home away from which 32.6% keep around babies under a age of Xviii swallow the two, 59.1% come married couples living together, 6.9% have a female homeowner using there is no hubby present, & 32.4% come non-families. Twenty-seven.5% of a lot house come processed higher of souls & Dozen.2% develop individual residing alone world health organization is 65 years aged or even older. A typical home size is Two.47 & a typical personal size is Trey.04.

In a borough the people is spread retired by using Xx.5% under a age of Xviii, Xxiv.4% from either Eighteen to Two dozen, 18.9% from either 25 to 44, Twenty-two.4% from either 45 to 64, & Thirteen.8% world health organization come 65 years aged or even older. A median age is 33 years. For each Century females there are 89.Sevener males. For each Centred females age Xviii & concluded, there are 86.Ennead males.

the median income for a house in the borough is $82,653, & the median income for a personal is $105,874. Males have a median income of $71,750 versus $51,117 for females. A per capita income for the borough is $40,482. Ii.1% of the people & Nought.5% of families come in a image below the poverty line. Away from a amount people, Cypher.0% of people under a age of 18 & One.7% of people 65 & older come residing in a image below the poverty level.

Education system
Swarthmore lies inside a Wallingford-Swarthmore School District. School-age tikes inside a public education technique attend a Children' Place for kindergarten, Swarthmore-Rutledge School for grades 1-Five, Strath Haven Middle School for grades 6-8, & Strath Haven High School for grades 9-12. (A latter 2 schools come located in neighboring Wallingford, Pennsylvania. Based on data from Pennsylvania state policy, Swarthmore is too little the thave to own its own middle school.)