| Trainer, Pennsylvania | |
| Settlement Type: | Borough |
| Mapsize: | 260px |
| Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Trainer |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Trainer in Pennsylvania |
| Coordinates: | 39.8286°N -75.4036°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Delaware |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 3.56 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.38 |
| Area Land Km2: | 2.74 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.06 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.82 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.32 |
| Elevation Ft: | 72 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Total: | 1828 |
| Pop Est As Of: | 2019 |
| Pop Est Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Est: | 1836 |
| Population Density Km2: | 670.94 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 1736.99 |
| Timezone1: | EST |
| Utc Offset1: | -5 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -4 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 19061 |
| Area Code: | 610 and 484 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 42-045-77288 |
| Blank Name Sec2: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info Sec2: | 42-77288 |
| Blank1 Name Sec2: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info Sec2: | 1189711 |
| Blank2 Name Sec2: | Wikimedia Commons |
Trainer is a borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,828 at the 2010 census,[3] down from 1,901 at the 2000 census. The borough was named after David Trainer, a wealthy textile manufacturer.
Trainer is named after the Linwood Mills owner David Trainer Sr. The borough of Trainer was originally part of Lower Chichester Township and was incorporated as a borough in 1919.[4]
Trainer is located in southern Delaware County at (39.828612, -75.403599),[5] on the northwest bank of the Delaware River. It is bordered to the southwest by the borough of Marcus Hook, to the west by the community of Linwood in Lower Chichester Township, to the north by Upper Chichester Township, to the east by the city of Chester, and to the south across the Delaware River by Gloucester County, New Jersey.
Stoney Creek passes through the town, emptying into the Delaware River.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 3.6km2, of which 2.7km2 is land and 0.8km2, or 22.94%, is water.[3]
As of 2018 there were of public roads in Trainer, of which were maintained by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and were maintained by the borough.[6]
U.S. Route 13 crosses the central portion of Trainer, leading northeast through Chester to Philadelphia and southwest 10miles to Wilmington, Delaware. Pennsylvania Route 291 reaches its western terminus at US 13 in the borough. U.S. Route 13 Business also terminates at the junction of US 13 and PA 291 in Trainer.
The shore of the Delaware River is heavily industrialized and is an extension of the Port of Chester. The Stoney Creek Secondary has a rail yard north of its namesake. Delta Air Lines owns an oil refinery in Trainer called the Trainer Refinery. It purchased the refinery for $180 million from Phillips 66 in 2012.[7]
Trainer is a part of Chichester School District. Children within the borough usually attend Marcus Hook Elementary School (Grades K-4),[8] Chichester Middle School (Grades 5-8), or Chichester High School (Grades 9-12).
Trainer Elementary School closed in 1984. There were plans to reopen the school in 1989,[9] but the reopening did not happen.[10]
The area Catholic K-8 school is Holy Family Regional Catholic School in Aston. Trainer previously was served by Resurrection of Our Lord School in Chester.[11] It closed in 1993, with Trainer students moved to what became Holy Savior-St. John Fisher School in Linwood, which in turn merged into Holy Family in 2012.[12]
As of Census 2010, the racial makeup of the borough was 76.4% White, 18.9% African American, 0.3% Native American, 0.5% Asian, 1.7% from other races, and 2.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.5% of the population http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_PL_GCTPL2.ST13&prodType=table.
As of the census[13] of 2000, there were 1,901 people, 712 households, and 489 families residing in the borough. The population density was 1801.3sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 797 housing units at an average density of 755.2sp=usNaNsp=us. The racial makeup of the borough was 88.58% White, 9.21% African American, 0.05% Native American, 0.16% Asian, 1.00% from other races, and 1.00% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.52% of the population.
There were 712 households, out of which 32.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.7% were married couples living together, 17.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.2% were non-families. 27.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.23.
In the borough the population was spread out, with 27.7% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 29.3% from 25 to 44, 21.3% from 45 to 64, and 13.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.2 males.
The median income for a household in the borough was $34,250, and the median income for a family was $45,625. Males had a median income of $39,293 versus $26,719 for females. The per capita income for the borough was $15,753. About 14.9% of families and 16.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18.2% of those under age 18 and 13.1% of those age 65 or over.