Aston township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (72% naturalized citizens)
| Aston township: | 2.3% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
70% of Aston township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 52% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 13724
- Northeast: 825
- Midwest: 179
- South: 859
- West: 157
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $117,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Aston township, Pennsylvania:
- 429 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 221 people in religious group quarters
- 26 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 2 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,191
- One, attached: 796
- Two: 119
- 3 or 4: 152
- 5 to 9: 88
- 10 to 19: 196
- 20 to 49: 11
- 50 or more: 60
- Mobile homes: 365
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,400
Housing units in Aston township with a mortgage: 3,341 (375 second mortgage, 507 home equity loan, 22 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,281
- Construction (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Petroleum and coal products (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Aston township:
- Irish (25.0%)
- Italian (19.7%)
- German (14.8%)
- English (9.6%)
- Polish (8.7%)
- United States or American (3.7%)
- Ukrainian (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (14%)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (12%)
- United Kingdom (11%)
- Vietnam (8%)
- Korea (8%)
- Ireland (7%)
- Italy (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 7,089 (88%)
- Carpooled: 545 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 34 (0%)
- Railroad: 88 (1%)
- Walked: 124 (2%)
- Other means: 27 (0%)
- Worked at home: 133 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (52%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (42%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Aston township, Pennsylvania:
- 429 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 221 people in religious group quarters
- 26 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 2 people in nursing homes
95.1% of residents of Aston township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (37% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 38% speak English not well).
3.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (77% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 15,527- In family households: 13,747 (3,528 male householders, 810 female householders)
3,519 spouses, 4,976 children (4,711 natural, 71 adopted, 194 stepchildren), 344 grandchildren, 73 brothers or sisters, 160 parents, 124 other relatives, 213 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,780 (510 male householders (379 living alone)), 992 female householders (945 living alone)), 278 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 676 (9 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,742 2-persons, 1,022 3-persons, 936 4-persons, 438 5-persons, 177 6-persons, 23 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,324 1-person, 132 2-persons, 7 3-persons, 32 4-persons, 7 6-persons,
2,936 married couples with children.
464 single-parent households (138 men, 326 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 282
| Here: | 16.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 194
| Here: | 22.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 666
| Here: | 58.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |