Birmingham township, Chester County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (75% naturalized citizens)
Birmingham township: | 0.7% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
72% of Birmingham township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 47% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 673
- Northeast: 35
- Midwest: 73
- South: 368
- West: 35
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $162,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 395
- Mobile homes: 105
Median worth of mobile homes: $33,700
Housing units in Birmingham township with a mortgage: 115 (11 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 42
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (20%)
- Chemicals (15%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Health care (8%)
- Construction (4%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (3%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Health care (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Chemicals (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Construction (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Top executives (11%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (8%)
- Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers (6%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Lawyers (5%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Top executives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Birmingham township:
- German (36.7%)
- United States or American (19.9%)
- Irish (11.2%)
- English (6.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (5.1%)
- European (2.2%)
- Italian (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (46%)
- Japan (29%)
- Guatemala (25%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 440 (72%)
- Carpooled: 98 (16%)
- Worked at home: 69 (11%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (49%)
- Electricity (34%)
- Wood (11%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Utility gas (3%)
98.7% of residents of Birmingham township speak English at home.
0.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,212- In family households: 1,073 (326 male householders, 60 female householders)
320 spouses, 318 children (274 natural, 22 adopted, 22 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 10 parents, 5 other relatives, 34 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 139 (67 male householders (51 living alone)), 54 female householders (47 living alone)), 18 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 220 2-persons, 68 3-persons, 78 4-persons, 11 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 98 1-person, 23 2-persons,
1,172 married couples with children.
74 single-parent households (16 men, 58 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 20
Here: | 15.2% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |