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Lima, Pennsylvania.

A community in Delaware County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Delaware County’s.

Living in Lima, Delaware County, Pennsylvania

Lima, in Delaware County, had 2,745 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $76,932 a year and half less, against $89,546 across Delaware County; 4% of its people live below the poverty line. 32% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 68% are rented. Unemployment in Delaware County was 4.0% in August 2026, and the county had 0.3% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Delaware County work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 2,745 in the 2020 census
Household income $76,932 the median, give or take $12,856 · Delaware County: $89,546
Unemployment 4.0% Delaware County, August 2026; 5.3% a year before
Homes 32% lived in by their owners; 68% rented
  • 1,066households
  • 36%of adults have a degree
  • 4%below the poverty line

What people in Delaware County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care30%
  • Professional and business services13%
  • Shops (retail)10%
  • Banks, insurance and property9%
  • Manufacturing8%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment7%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Delaware County had 219,222 jobs in 2025, 0.3% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 43° and 27°; warmest in July, 89° and 70° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 43° 27° F M A M J J 89° 70° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 43° and 27°; warmest in July, 89° and 70° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 43° 27° F M A M J J 89° 70° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 43° and lows near 27°; warmest in July, with highs near 89° and lows near 70°. About 42 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Marcus Hook weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Lima

  1. ACTS Retirement-Life Communities - Granite Farms EstatesContinuing care retirement communities318
  2. ACTS Retirement-Life Communities - Lima EstatesContinuing care retirement communities214
  3. Values Into ActionGroup homes, intellectual and developmental disability120
  4. Acme MarketsSupermarkets and other grocery stores105
  5. Sunrise Senior Living, LLC.Assisted living70
  6. Kohl's67
  7. Wawa SiteConvenience store46
  8. At Home StoresHome furnishings stores20

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 8 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 960 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Winter weatherRelatively high
  2. Heat wavesRelatively high
  3. Strong windRelatively high
  4. LightningRelatively moderate
  5. Ice stormsRelatively moderate
  6. Cold wavesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Lima’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Delaware County.