Editing Exton, Pennsylvania (section)

==Economy==
[[File:Exton Square Mall food court entrance.JPG|thumb|upright=1.1|[[Exton Square Mall]]]]
Exton currently has an unemployment rate of 3.80% with a job growth rate of 1.44%. The future job growth is predicted to be 39.10% over the next ten years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bestplaces.net/economy/city/pennsylvania/exton|title=Exton, Pennsylvania}}</ref> The opening of the [[Exton Square Mall]] led to rapid growth in West Whiteland Township, with the population increasing from 7,900 in 1973 to over 16,000 by 2000. Since the opening, many shopping centers and office parks have been built in the township. Following the opening of the mall, the West Whiteland Township Police Department was created to patrol the township as the demand from the mall would be too much for the [[Pennsylvania State Police]] to handle.<ref name=wwpd>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwhiteland.org/emergency/Police%20and%20Emergency%20Pages/Department%20History.aspx|title=The West Whiteland Township Police Department History|publisher=West Whiteland Township|access-date=March 12, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121216061543/http://www.wwhiteland.org/emergency/Police%20and%20Emergency%20Pages/Department%20History.aspx|archive-date=December 16, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> When the Exton Square Mall first opened, several stores in downtown West Chester closed.<ref name=city>{{cite book |last=Whyte|first=William H. and Paco Underhill|title=City: Rediscovering the Center|publisher=[[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday]]|date=1988 |access-date=March 12, 2012|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OH6y2QdcUqkC&q=exton+mall+west+chester&pg=PA337|page=337|isbn=9780812220742}}</ref> In 2011, the Exton Square Mall saw [[Sales per unit area|sales per square foot]] of $332.<ref name=preit4>{{cite web|url=http://www.faqs.org/sec-filings/120229/PENNSYLVANIA-REAL-ESTATE-INVESTMENT-TRUST_8-K/d306741dex991.htm|title=Supplemental Financial and Operating Information|date=December 31, 2011|publisher=[[PREIT]]|access-date=March 9, 2012}}</ref>

[[West Pharmaceutical Services]], a designer and manufacturer of injectable pharmaceutical packaging and delivery systems is based in Exton.