Easttown township, Chester County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 6 (52% naturalized citizens)
| Easttown township: | 6.4% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
61% of Easttown township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 42% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6029
- Northeast: 1799
- Midwest: 685
- South: 776
- West: 230
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $118,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in Easttown township, Pennsylvania:
- 150 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 138 people in nursing homes
- 28 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 15 people in religious group quarters
- 3 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,919
- One, attached: 518
- Two: 90
- 3 or 4: 64
- 5 to 9: 35
- 10 to 19: 24
- 20 to 49: 43
- 50 or more: 162
- Mobile homes: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $162,500
Housing units in Easttown township with a mortgage: 2,228 (262 second mortgage, 240 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 899
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (21%)
- Finance and insurance (20%)
- Construction (6%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (3%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care (14%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (12%)
- Finance and insurance (12%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Construction (4%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (3%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Top executives (7%)
- Lawyers (7%)
- Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers (6%)
- Other financial specialists (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Easttown township:
- Irish (20.2%)
- Italian (14.5%)
- German (13.5%)
- English (13.0%)
- United States or American (4.5%)
- Polish (3.3%)
- Scottish (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (15%)
- India (13%)
- Jamaica (10%)
- Canada (9%)
- Other Northern Europe (8%)
- Italy (7%)
- Korea (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,454 (75%)
- Carpooled: 326 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 24 (1%)
- Subway or elevated: 45 (1%)
- Railroad: 370 (8%)
- Walked: 33 (1%)
- Worked at home: 353 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (49%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (31%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Easttown township, Pennsylvania:
- 150 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 138 people in nursing homes
- 28 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 15 people in religious group quarters
- 3 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
94.5% of residents of Easttown township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (52% speak English very well, 48% speak English well).
3.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (75% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (25% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 45% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 9,941- In family households: 8,887 (2,368 male householders, 477 female householders)
2,670 spouses, 3,052 children (2,894 natural, 110 adopted, 48 stepchildren), 36 grandchildren, 30 brothers or sisters, 33 parents, 114 other relatives, 107 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,054 (333 male householders (282 living alone)), 578 female householders (495 living alone)), 143 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 329 (170 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,251 2-persons, 578 3-persons, 599 4-persons, 310 5-persons, 65 6-persons, 42 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 777 1-person, 114 2-persons, 20 3-persons,
2,357 married couples with children.
202 single-parent households (37 men, 165 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 382
| Here: | 30.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 237
| Here: | 41.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 77
| Here: | 28.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |