Lower Gwynedd township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 7 (68% naturalized citizens)
| Lower Gwynedd township: | 7.2% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
62% of Lower Gwynedd 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, 56% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 7017
- Northeast: 1325
- Midwest: 570
- South: 521
- West: 170
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $191,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Lower Gwynedd township, Pennsylvania:
- 235 people in nursing homes
- 196 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 18 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 4 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,419
- One, attached: 704
- Two: 54
- 3 or 4: 78
- 5 to 9: 222
- 10 to 19: 217
- 20 to 49: 51
- 50 or more: 615
Housing units in Lower Gwynedd township with a mortgage: 1,897 (125 second mortgage, 385 home equity loan, 25 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 790
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Health care (9%)
- Chemicals (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Construction (6%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Chemicals (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Top executives (10%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (8%)
- Physicians and surgeons (5%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lower Gwynedd township:
- Irish (15.3%)
- German (14.9%)
- Italian (14.4%)
- English (10.4%)
- Russian (4.9%)
- Polish (4.0%)
- United States or American (3.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (21%)
- United Kingdom (9%)
- Ukraine (7%)
- Germany (7%)
- Italy (6%)
- India (5%)
- Greece (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,667 (79%)
- Carpooled: 275 (6%)
- Subway or elevated: 4 (0%)
- Railroad: 144 (3%)
- Bicycle: 37 (1%)
- Walked: 135 (3%)
- Other means: 17 (0%)
- Worked at home: 353 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (50%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (26%)
- Electricity (22%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Lower Gwynedd township, Pennsylvania:
- 235 people in nursing homes
- 196 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 18 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 4 people in other nonhousehold living situations
90.3% of residents of Lower Gwynedd township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (86% speak English very well, 14% speak English well).
6.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (87% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
2.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (58% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 9,967- In family households: 8,400 (2,302 male householders, 455 female householders)
2,369 spouses, 2,963 children (2,824 natural, 89 adopted, 50 stepchildren), 47 grandchildren, 31 brothers or sisters, 59 parents, 99 other relatives, 75 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,567 (378 male householders (309 living alone)), 1,048 female householders (999 living alone)), 141 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 455 (253 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,273 2-persons, 561 3-persons, 557 4-persons, 267 5-persons, 72 6-persons, 27 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,308 1-person, 96 2-persons, 14 3-persons, 8 4-persons,
2,099 married couples with children.
214 single-parent households (50 men, 164 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 293
| Here: | 25.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 228
| Here: | 34.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 220
| Here: | 52.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |