Lower Moreland township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 10 (88% naturalized citizens)
| Lower Moreland township: | 9.9% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
74% of Lower Moreland township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 32% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 88% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 8702
- Northeast: 817
- Midwest: 272
- South: 196
- West: 101
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $865,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Lower Moreland township, Pennsylvania:
- 109 people in nursing homes
- 7 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 7 people in job corps and vocational training facilities
- 3 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,744
- One, attached: 57
- Two: 37
- 3 or 4: 41
- 5 to 9: 13
- 10 to 19: 6
- 20 to 49: 13
- 50 or more: 298
Housing units in Lower Moreland township with a mortgage: 2,164 (189 second mortgage, 486 home equity loan, 13 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,251
- Health care (15%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (13%)
- Construction (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (3%)
- Health care (20%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (3%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Other health diagnosing and treating practitioners and technical occupations (6%)
- Physicians and surgeons (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Accountants and auditors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lower Moreland township:
- Irish (14.5%)
- Russian (14.4%)
- German (14.1%)
- Italian (12.1%)
- United States or American (6.7%)
- English (5.3%)
- Polish (4.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (14%)
- Russia (10%)
- India (10%)
- Italy (9%)
- Ukraine (7%)
- Germany (6%)
- Greece (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,316 (79%)
- Carpooled: 435 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 11 (0%)
- Railroad: 292 (5%)
- Walked: 29 (1%)
- Worked at home: 359 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (65%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (23%)
- Electricity (11%)
People in group quarters in Lower Moreland township, Pennsylvania:
- 109 people in nursing homes
- 7 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 7 people in job corps and vocational training facilities
- 3 people in religious group quarters
86.8% of residents of Lower Moreland township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (55% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 20% speak English not well).
8.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
2.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (48% speak English very well, 44% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak other language at home (88% speak English very well, 12% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 11,160- In family households: 10,307 (2,768 male householders, 552 female householders)
2,945 spouses, 3,541 children (3,336 natural, 106 adopted, 99 stepchildren), 112 grandchildren, 59 brothers or sisters, 70 parents, 174 other relatives, 86 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 853 (245 male householders (205 living alone)), 535 female householders (504 living alone)), 73 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 121 (106 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,482 2-persons, 727 3-persons, 716 4-persons, 264 5-persons, 95 6-persons, 36 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 709 1-person, 71 2-persons,
2,250 married couples with children.
181 single-parent households (60 men, 121 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 358
| Here: | 27.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 182
| Here: | 25.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 253
| Here: | 52.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |