Chestnuthill township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 6 (70% naturalized citizens)
| Chestnuthill township: | 6.2% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
62% of Chestnuthill township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 18% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5814
- Northeast: 6558
- Midwest: 477
- South: 412
- West: 94
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $110,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
People in group quarters in Chestnuthill township, Pennsylvania:
- 117 people in nursing homes
- 24 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 14 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 5 people in religious group quarters
- 3 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 3 people in hospices or homes for chronically ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,913
- One, attached: 105
- Two: 110
- 3 or 4: 94
- 5 to 9: 62
- 10 to 19: 22
- Mobile homes: 287
Median worth of mobile homes: $53,500
Housing units in Chestnuthill township with a mortgage: 2,875 (286 second mortgage, 449 home equity loan, 8 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 871
- Construction (13%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Personal and laundry services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Chestnuthill township:
- Italian (19.9%)
- German (19.8%)
- Irish (15.3%)
- English (5.3%)
- Polish (5.2%)
- United States or American (4.7%)
- Dutch (3.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (9%)
- Germany (8%)
- Hungary (7%)
- Poland (7%)
- Ecuador (6%)
- Peru (6%)
- Canada (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,909 (76%)
- Carpooled: 971 (15%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 196 (3%)
- Motorcycle: 12 (0%)
- Walked: 17 (0%)
- Other means: 41 (1%)
- Worked at home: 300 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (46%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (37%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Coal or coke (6%)
- Wood (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Chestnuthill township, Pennsylvania:
- 117 people in nursing homes
- 24 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 14 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 5 people in religious group quarters
- 3 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 3 people in hospices or homes for chronically ill
91.3% of residents of Chestnuthill township speak English at home.
3.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (81% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 1% speak English not well).
4.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (28% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 48% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 14,256- In family households: 12,956 (3,215 male householders, 687 female householders)
3,381 spouses, 4,851 children (4,569 natural, 91 adopted, 191 stepchildren), 137 grandchildren, 118 brothers or sisters, 108 parents, 212 other relatives, 247 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,300 (565 male householders (414 living alone)), 454 female householders (381 living alone)), 281 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 162 (86 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,454 2-persons, 791 3-persons, 929 4-persons, 505 5-persons, 162 6-persons, 61 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 795 1-person, 175 2-persons, 20 3-persons, 24 4-persons, 5 5-persons,
3,459 married couples with children.
613 single-parent households (206 men, 407 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 40
| Here: | 2.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 121
| Here: | 13.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 96
| Here: | 24.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |