Limerick township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (59% naturalized citizens)
Limerick township: | 3.5% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
47% of Limerick township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 10421
- Northeast: 1125
- Midwest: 490
- South: 667
- West: 236
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $116,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.6%
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
People in group quarters in Limerick township, Pennsylvania:
- 11 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 5 people in nursing homes
- 4 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,116
- One, attached: 1,225
- Two: 107
- 3 or 4: 42
- 5 to 9: 380
- 10 to 19: 361
- 20 to 49: 35
- 50 or more: 39
- Mobile homes: 137
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,200
Housing units in Limerick township with a mortgage: 3,087 (209 second mortgage, 528 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 621
- Construction (13%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (3%)
- Finance and insurance (16%)
- Health care (13%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Construction (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Limerick township:
- German (24.2%)
- Irish (17.3%)
- Italian (17.3%)
- English (6.6%)
- Polish (6.4%)
- United States or American (3.9%)
- Dutch (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (14%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (12%)
- Italy (10%)
- India (10%)
- Australia (9%)
- Canada (8%)
- Austria (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 6,715 (88%)
- Carpooled: 554 (7%)
- Railroad: 31 (0%)
- Walked: 129 (2%)
- Worked at home: 245 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (44%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (30%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Wood (1%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
People in group quarters in Limerick township, Pennsylvania:
- 11 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 5 people in nursing homes
- 4 people in religious group quarters
94.6% of residents of Limerick township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (85% speak English very well, 3% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (58% speak English very well, 42% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 13,514- In family households: 11,817 (3,231 male householders, 543 female householders)
3,516 spouses, 4,158 children (3,880 natural, 117 adopted, 161 stepchildren), 91 grandchildren, 39 brothers or sisters, 67 parents, 88 other relatives, 84 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,697 (660 male householders (475 living alone)), 718 female householders (612 living alone)), 319 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 20 (5 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,482 2-persons, 915 3-persons, 896 4-persons, 353 5-persons, 105 6-persons, 23 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,087 1-person, 270 2-persons, 21 3-persons,
3,038 married couples with children.
401 single-parent households (119 men, 282 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 234
Here: | 16.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 88
Here: | 16.9% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 172
Here: | 42.6% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |