Wyncote, Pennsylvania

Wyncote is located at 40°5′34″N 75°8′33″W (40.092777, −75.142559).[1]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 0.8 square miles (2.1 km²), all of it land.

Damage in Wyncote from Hurricane Sandy in 2012

As of the census[2] of 2010, there were 3,044 people, 1,057 households, and 713 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 3,732.5 people per square mile (1,434.2/km²). There were 1,069 housing units at an average density of 1,309.9/sq mi (503.3/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 79.7% White, 13.6% African American, 0.03% Native American, 3.9% Asian, 0.10% Pacific Islander, 0.26% from other races, and 0.53% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.79% of the population.

There were 1,057 households, out of which 30.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.0% were married couples living together, 7.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.5% were non-families. 29.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 21.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.08.

In the CDP the population was spread out, with 20.3% under the age of 18, 4.8% from 18 to 24, 19.5% from 25 to 44, 23.5% from 45 to 64, and 32.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 49 years. For every 100 females, there were 75.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 69.9 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $77,043, and the median income for a family was $91,217. Males had a median income of $60,592 versus $41,458 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $32,340. None of the families and 2.2% of the population were living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and 4.9% of those over 64.

• Eddie Applegate - Actor
• Chris Conlin, All-American football player at Penn State
• Cyrus Hermann Kotzschmar Curtis, longtime publisher of The Saturday Evening Post and Ladies' Home Journal, as well as other magazines and newspapers
• Marian Filar (1917–2012), Polish-born American-based concert pianist and virtuoso
• Reggie Jackson, retired Hall of Fame baseball player; born and lived in Wyncote through high school
• George Horace Lorimer, author and longtime editor of the Saturday Evening Post
• Bernie Lowe, founder of Cameo Records.
• John Charles Martin, newspaper publisher
• Yonatan Netanyahu (1946–1976), Israeli soldier and Entebbe rescue commander; brother of Benjamin Netanyahu; attended Cheltenham High School
• Ezra Pound, poet; grew up in Wyncote

Wyncote Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Queen Anne-style houses in the district
Nearest city	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°5′23″N 75°8′33″W
Area	108 acres (44 ha)
Built	1865 (1865)
Architect	Frank Furness, et al.
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Queen Anne
NRHP reference No.	86002884[3]
Added to NRHP	October 16, 1986

Wyncote features the Wyncote Historic District which is a US Historic district, added in October, 1986. It was made a historic district for its Architecture, Community Planning, and Development. The district covers over 100 acres, and 178 contributing buildings.

The Wyncote Historic District has a number of restored Victorian-era homes. The All Hallows Church (constructed 1896–1897) was designed by a firm founded by Philadelphia architect Frank Furness (Furness, Evans and Company). Wyncote also has a number of classical Philadelphia stone colonial revival homes; notable among them is Beechwood, designed in the school of Brognard Okie, the architect responsible for the reconstruction of Pennsbury Manor on the upper Delaware River, and Appleford in Villanova, Pennsylvania.

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  Historic Home
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  Street Sign showing the Wyncote Historic District sign on the post
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  Historic Home
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  Shop in Wyncote along Greenwood Avenue

Wyncote has the climate of a typical Mid-Atlantic town. Summers are hot with highs averaging in the high 80s (°F), with lows being anywhere from the high 60s to the low 80s. Summers also see some days climb into the 90s, and even some that top the 100-degree mark. Spring and Fall are pleasant, with highs averaging in the mid 60s, and lows in the mid 40s. Winters are cold, with highs averaging around 40, and lows averaging in the high teens. The middle of winter occasionally sees a few days where highs don't escape the teens, and lows fall into the single digits. The following is a chart of the average temperatures in Wyncote[4]

Robinson park in Wyncote. The pond in the background typically freezes, and provides recreation for the locals.

Thomas Williams Park

• Curtis Hall Arboretum
• Thomas Williams Park

• Ancillae Assumpta Academy
• Wyncote Elementary School
• Cedarbrook Middle School
• Cheltenham High School
• Wyncote Academy
• Bishop McDevitt High School (Wyncote, Pennsylvania)
• Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, the only seminary affiliated with Reconstructionist Judaism
• Arcadia University (Glenside, Pennsylvania)