East Pikeland township, Chester County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (65% naturalized citizens)
| East Pikeland township: | 3.7% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
65% of East Pikeland township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 47% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4938
- Northeast: 643
- Midwest: 218
- South: 428
- West: 60
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
18 people in homes for the mentally retarded
8 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,793
- One, attached: 547
- Two: 22
- 3 or 4: 70
- 5 to 9: 10
- 20 to 49: 9
- 50 or more: 63
- Mobile homes: 40
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 50
Housing units in East Pikeland township with a mortgage: 1,541 (148 second mortgage, 271 home equity loan, 22 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 531
- Construction (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Chemicals (7%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Chemicals (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Construction (3%)
- Computer specialists (12%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Business operations specialists (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in East Pikeland township:
- German (21.0%)
- Irish (17.5%)
- Italian (16.5%)
- English (8.0%)
- Polish (7.2%)
- Slovak (3.1%)
- United States or American (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Romania (19%)
- United Kingdom (12%)
- Korea (11%)
- Germany (10%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (7%)
- Ukraine (5%)
- Philippines (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,963 (86%)
- Carpooled: 292 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 9 (0%)
- Railroad: 41 (1%)
- Walked: 60 (2%)
- Worked at home: 86 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (45%)
- Utility gas (37%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
18 people in homes for the mentally retarded
8 people in religious group quarters
95.4% of residents of East Pikeland township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (55% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).
1.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (58% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,525- In family households: 5,732 (1,536 male householders, 286 female householders)
1,631 spouses, 2,059 children (1,893 natural, 89 adopted, 77 stepchildren), 24 grandchildren, 45 brothers or sisters, 27 parents, 46 other relatives, 78 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 793 (273 male householders (245 living alone)), 423 female householders (352 living alone)), 97 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 26 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 761 2-persons, 414 3-persons, 414 4-persons, 162 5-persons, 51 6-persons, 20 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 597 1-person, 89 2-persons, 10 3-persons,
1,436 married couples with children.
168 single-parent households (50 men, 118 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 265
| Here: | 34.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 92
| Here: | 23.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 44
| Here: | 27.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |