East Norriton township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (73% naturalized citizens)
| East Norriton township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
72% of East Norriton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 89% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2978
- Northeast: 24
- Midwest: 101
- South: 43
- West: 28
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $67,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in East Norriton township, Pennsylvania:
- 534 people in nursing homes
- 40 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
- 13 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 9 people in religious group quarters
- 4 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 980
- One, attached: 15
- Two: 26
- 3 or 4: 15
- 5 to 9: 53
- 10 to 19: 14
- Mobile homes: 229
Median worth of mobile homes: $11,600
Housing units in East Norriton township with a mortgage: 362 (23 second mortgage, 50 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 376
- Transportation equipment (17%)
- Construction (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Finance and insurance (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in East Norriton township:
- German (57.5%)
- Polish (7.8%)
- English (6.6%)
- Irish (5.0%)
- French (except Basque) (4.0%)
- United States or American (3.1%)
- Finnish (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Eastern Europe (22%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (22%)
- Pakistan (22%)
- France (10%)
- Hungary (10%)
- United Kingdom (5%)
- Germany (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,375 (91%)
- Carpooled: 73 (5%)
- Motorcycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 16 (1%)
- Worked at home: 42 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (76%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Wood (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in East Norriton township, Pennsylvania:
- 534 people in nursing homes
- 40 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
- 13 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 9 people in religious group quarters
- 4 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
93.1% of residents of East Norriton township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (73% speak English very well, 27% speak English well).
4.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (63% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,213- In family households: 2,880 (817 male householders, 154 female householders)
857 spouses, 948 children (864 natural, 32 adopted, 52 stepchildren), 25 grandchildren, 14 brothers or sisters, 17 parents, 4 other relatives, 44 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 333 (132 male householders (113 living alone)), 170 female householders (168 living alone)), 31 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 12 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 447 2-persons, 208 3-persons, 213 4-persons, 80 5-persons, 17 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 281 1-person, 18 2-persons, 1 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
1,989 married couples with children.
289 single-parent households (100 men, 189 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 127
| Here: | 31.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 10
| Here: | 5.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 20
| Here: | 13.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |