East Goshen township, Chester County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (53% naturalized citizens)
| East Goshen township: | 5.4% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
59% of East Goshen 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, 67% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 10996
- Northeast: 2250
- Midwest: 1018
- South: 1199
- West: 368
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $160,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
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
13 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,268
- One, attached: 2,017
- Two: 7
- 3 or 4: 171
- 5 to 9: 600
- 10 to 19: 751
- 20 to 49: 377
- 50 or more: 305
Housing units in East Goshen township with a mortgage: 3,181 (273 second mortgage, 484 home equity loan, 22 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,496
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Construction (7%)
- Health care (4%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Health care (15%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Computer specialists (7%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in East Goshen township:
- Irish (24.0%)
- German (15.5%)
- Italian (13.0%)
- English (12.6%)
- Polish (4.6%)
- United States or American (3.4%)
- Scottish (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (13%)
- India (10%)
- Mexico (8%)
- Germany (6%)
- Japan (4%)
- Italy (4%)
- Peru (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 6,980 (84%)
- Carpooled: 433 (5%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 31 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 7 (0%)
- Railroad: 271 (3%)
- Walked: 60 (1%)
- Other means: 62 (1%)
- Worked at home: 424 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (58%)
- Utility gas (22%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (18%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
13 people in homes for the mentally retarded
93.6% of residents of East Goshen township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 17% don't speak English at all).
3.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (45% speak English very well, 37% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 16,811- In family households: 13,953 (3,820 male householders, 867 female householders)
4,133 spouses, 4,687 children (4,410 natural, 200 adopted, 77 stepchildren), 81 grandchildren, 66 brothers or sisters, 120 parents, 100 other relatives, 79 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,858 (895 male householders (701 living alone)), 1,586 female householders (1,458 living alone)), 377 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 13 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,309 2-persons, 871 3-persons, 908 4-persons, 424 5-persons, 147 6-persons, 28 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,159 1-person, 299 2-persons, 23 3-persons,
3,267 married couples with children.
352 single-parent households (81 men, 271 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 648
| Here: | 36.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 275
| Here: | 28.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 221
| Here: | 40.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |