Honey Brook township, Chester County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (64% naturalized citizens)
| Honey Brook township: | 1.8% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
63% of Honey Brook township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 74% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5329
- Northeast: 256
- Midwest: 115
- South: 429
- West: 24
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.7%
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
322 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,244
- One, attached: 173
- Two: 7
- 3 or 4: 9
- 20 to 49: 60
- 50 or more: 82
- Mobile homes: 559
Median worth of mobile homes: $24,500
Housing units in Honey Brook township with a mortgage: 815 (97 second mortgage, 119 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 247
- Construction (15%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Bus drivers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Honey Brook township:
- German (21.0%)
- Irish (16.9%)
- United States or American (15.8%)
- Italian (11.8%)
- English (8.3%)
- Pennsylvania German (5.5%)
- Dutch (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Netherlands (29%)
- Russia (16%)
- Italy (9%)
- Cuba (8%)
- Chile (8%)
- Korea (7%)
- Philippines (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,059 (74%)
- Carpooled: 324 (12%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 8 (0%)
- Railroad: 6 (0%)
- Ferryboat: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 80 (3%)
- Other means: 54 (2%)
- Worked at home: 226 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (44%)
- Electricity (24%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (19%)
- Coal or coke (6%)
- Utility gas (4%)
- Wood (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
322 people in nursing homes
84.0% of residents of Honey Brook township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (88% speak English very well, 12% speak English well).
14.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (59% speak English very well, 37% speak English well, 3% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,956- In family households: 5,402 (1,280 male householders, 270 female householders)
1,299 spouses, 2,286 children (2,140 natural, 37 adopted, 109 stepchildren), 61 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 38 parents, 79 other relatives, 79 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 554 (209 male householders (176 living alone)), 289 female householders (244 living alone)), 56 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 322 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 577 2-persons, 340 3-persons, 327 4-persons, 153 5-persons, 83 6-persons, 70 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 420 1-person, 78 2-persons,
1,481 married couples with children.
239 single-parent households (92 men, 147 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 210
| Here: | 26.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 117
| Here: | 27.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 45
| Here: | 36.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |