Marlborough township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (38% naturalized citizens)
Marlborough township: | 1.6% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
75% of Marlborough township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2579
- Northeast: 194
- Midwest: 125
- South: 96
- West: 48
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
4 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 960
- One, attached: 22
- Two: 64
- 3 or 4: 23
- Mobile homes: 155
Median worth of mobile homes: $49,000
Housing units in Marlborough township with a mortgage: 529 (53 second mortgage, 101 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 208
- Construction (13%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Marlborough township:
- German (34.9%)
- United States or American (9.8%)
- Irish (9.8%)
- English (9.5%)
- Italian (7.3%)
- Pennsylvania German (5.9%)
- Polish (3.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Poland (16%)
- Ukraine (16%)
- Other South Central Asia (16%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (14%)
- Russia (10%)
- Germany (8%)
- Italy (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,478 (87%)
- Carpooled: 130 (8%)
- Railroad: 11 (1%)
- Bicycle: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 11 (1%)
- Other means: 7 (0%)
- Worked at home: 58 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (59%)
- Electricity (26%)
- Utility gas (8%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Wood (2%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
4 people in religious group quarters
96.6% of residents of Marlborough township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (74% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (41% speak English very well, 59% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,093- In family households: 2,757 (801 male householders, 99 female householders)
791 spouses, 938 children (886 natural, 3 adopted, 49 stepchildren), 23 grandchildren, 21 brothers or sisters, 21 parents, 33 other relatives, 30 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 336 (156 male householders (130 living alone)), 129 female householders (111 living alone)), 51 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 16 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 392 2-persons, 195 3-persons, 187 4-persons, 98 5-persons, 25 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 241 1-person, 44 2-persons,
624 married couples with children.
76 single-parent households (18 men, 58 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 22
Here: | 6.4% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 13
Here: | 6.5% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 19
Here: | 23.5% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |