Horsham township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 7 (53% naturalized citizens)
| Horsham township: | 6.9% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
56% of Horsham township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 49% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 66% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 18631
- Northeast: 1849
- Midwest: 571
- South: 1021
- West: 372
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $147,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in Horsham township, Pennsylvania:
- 159 people in military barracks, etc.
- 29 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 19 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 16 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 6 people in religious group quarters
- 6 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 2 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 5,163
- One, attached: 1,949
- Two: 276
- 3 or 4: 486
- 5 to 9: 318
- 10 to 19: 632
- 20 to 49: 250
- 50 or more: 137
- Mobile homes: 58
Median worth of mobile homes: $11,300
Housing units in Horsham township with a mortgage: 4,952 (472 second mortgage, 859 home equity loan, 22 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,262
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (11%)
- Construction (10%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Health care (5%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Finance and insurance (16%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Chemicals (3%)
- Computer specialists (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Horsham township:
- Irish (23.4%)
- German (18.9%)
- Italian (15.2%)
- English (6.1%)
- Polish (4.4%)
- United States or American (3.9%)
- Russian (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (24%)
- Italy (8%)
- India (7%)
- Vietnam (6%)
- Germany (5%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (5%)
- Trinidad and Tobago (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 11,170 (84%)
- Carpooled: 1,000 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 16 (0%)
- Railroad: 315 (2%)
- Motorcycle: 6 (0%)
- Bicycle: 22 (0%)
- Walked: 282 (2%)
- Other means: 28 (0%)
- Worked at home: 381 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (37%)
- Electricity (35%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (26%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Horsham township, Pennsylvania:
- 159 people in military barracks, etc.
- 29 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 19 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 16 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 6 people in religious group quarters
- 6 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 2 people in nursing homes
90.8% of residents of Horsham township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (87% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
4.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
3.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (38% speak English very well, 41% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (90% speak English very well, 10% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 23,995- In family households: 20,745 (5,310 male householders, 1,153 female householders)
5,531 spouses, 7,748 children (7,366 natural, 150 adopted, 232 stepchildren), 172 grandchildren, 176 brothers or sisters, 188 parents, 183 other relatives, 284 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 3,250 (1,260 male householders (906 living alone)), 1,367 female householders (1,203 living alone)), 623 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 237 (2 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,378 2-persons, 1,486 3-persons, 1,658 4-persons, 664 5-persons, 256 6-persons, 21 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,109 1-person, 459 2-persons, 44 3-persons, 8 4-persons, 7 5-persons,
5,397 married couples with children.
851 single-parent households (209 men, 642 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 497
| Here: | 15.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 128
| Here: | 10.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 339
| Here: | 36.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |