Caln township, Chester County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (55% naturalized citizens)
| Caln township: | 4.3% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
59% of Caln township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 53% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 8824
- Northeast: 959
- Midwest: 374
- South: 788
- West: 244
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $87,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in Caln township, Pennsylvania:
- 228 people in nursing homes
- 174 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 107 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
- 34 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 7 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,403
- One, attached: 1,289
- Two: 102
- 3 or 4: 105
- 5 to 9: 193
- 10 to 19: 313
- 20 to 49: 55
- 50 or more: 36
- Mobile homes: 44
Median worth of mobile homes: $112,500
Housing units in Caln township with a mortgage: 2,441 (226 second mortgage, 326 home equity loan, 19 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 598
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (11%)
- Construction (8%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Health care (14%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Computer specialists (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Caln township:
- Irish (17.2%)
- German (15.9%)
- Italian (14.8%)
- English (6.8%)
- United States or American (4.1%)
- Polish (2.1%)
- French (except Basque) (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (19%)
- Germany (16%)
- Other Caribbean (16%)
- India (8%)
- Italy (6%)
- Vietnam (5%)
- Korea (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 5,149 (82%)
- Carpooled: 682 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 28 (0%)
- Railroad: 158 (3%)
- Walked: 169 (3%)
- Other means: 8 (0%)
- Worked at home: 115 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (43%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (32%)
- Utility gas (22%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Caln township, Pennsylvania:
- 228 people in nursing homes
- 174 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 107 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
- 34 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 7 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
92.0% of residents of Caln township speak English at home.
2.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (74% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
2.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (63% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (70% speak English very well, 30% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 11,359- In family households: 9,834 (2,464 male householders, 622 female householders)
2,465 spouses, 3,467 children (3,248 natural, 42 adopted, 177 stepchildren), 149 grandchildren, 89 brothers or sisters, 107 parents, 172 other relatives, 299 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,525 (538 male householders (395 living alone)), 718 female householders (602 living alone)), 269 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 533 (490 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,170 2-persons, 826 3-persons, 681 4-persons, 277 5-persons, 80 6-persons, 52 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 997 1-person, 259 2-persons,
2,203 married couples with children.
588 single-parent households (147 men, 441 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 494
| Here: | 35.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 58
| Here: | 11.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 140
| Here: | 36.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |