Douglass township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (44% naturalized citizens)
| Douglass township: | 2.0% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
70% of Douglass township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 78% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 7829
- Northeast: 595
- Midwest: 114
- South: 330
- West: 76
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,467
- One, attached: 274
- Two: 55
- 3 or 4: 141
- 5 to 9: 60
- 10 to 19: 74
- 20 to 49: 157
- 50 or more: 18
- Mobile homes: 29
Median worth of mobile homes: $80,700
Housing units in Douglass township with a mortgage: 1,747 (211 second mortgage, 369 home equity loan, 8 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 563
- Construction (15%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Textile mills and textile products (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (3%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Douglass township:
- German (37.7%)
- Italian (10.4%)
- Irish (9.6%)
- Polish (7.4%)
- United States or American (7.4%)
- Pennsylvania German (6.0%)
- English (5.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Vietnam (28%)
- Italy (19%)
- United Kingdom (18%)
- Netherlands (7%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (7%)
- Philippines (6%)
- Guatemala (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,018 (87%)
- Carpooled: 318 (7%)
- Walked: 69 (1%)
- Worked at home: 203 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (50%)
- Electricity (28%)
- Utility gas (15%)
- Wood (3%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
95.4% of residents of Douglass township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
2.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (60% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 20% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 9,140- In family households: 8,389 (2,101 male householders, 458 female householders)
2,206 spouses, 3,248 children (2,972 natural, 95 adopted, 181 stepchildren), 87 grandchildren, 52 brothers or sisters, 76 parents, 91 other relatives, 70 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 751 (317 male householders (253 living alone)), 338 female householders (290 living alone)), 96 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 5 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 905 2-persons, 606 3-persons, 659 4-persons, 261 5-persons, 92 6-persons, 36 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 543 1-person, 112 2-persons,
2,148 married couples with children.
390 single-parent households (112 men, 278 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 251
| Here: | 18.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 13
| Here: | 2.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 69
| Here: | 34.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |