Nether Providence township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 7 (64% naturalized citizens)
| Nether Providence township: | 6.9% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
69% of Nether Providence township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 44% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 9508
- Northeast: 1323
- Midwest: 553
- South: 825
- West: 235
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.0%
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 Nether Providence township, Pennsylvania:
- 201 people in nursing homes
- 53 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 33 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 16 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 9 people in religious group quarters
- 8 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,549
- One, attached: 948
- Two: 102
- 3 or 4: 48
- 5 to 9: 43
- 10 to 19: 115
- 20 to 49: 92
- 50 or more: 228
Housing units in Nether Providence township with a mortgage: 2,787 (293 second mortgage, 510 home equity loan, 29 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,234
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (15%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Health care (10%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Construction (7%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Transportation equipment (3%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Health care (17%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (12%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Lawyers (5%)
- Physicians and surgeons (5%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Lawyers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Nether Providence township:
- Irish (18.6%)
- Italian (15.2%)
- German (12.8%)
- English (9.3%)
- United States or American (4.3%)
- Polish (2.7%)
- Russian (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (9%)
- Philippines (8%)
- Germany (8%)
- Iran (5%)
- India (4%)
- Canada (4%)
- Other Western Europe (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,923 (78%)
- Carpooled: 558 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 58 (1%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 7 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 19 (0%)
- Railroad: 362 (6%)
- Motorcycle: 10 (0%)
- Walked: 86 (1%)
- Other means: 11 (0%)
- Worked at home: 293 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (48%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (34%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Nether Providence township, Pennsylvania:
- 201 people in nursing homes
- 53 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 33 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 16 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 9 people in religious group quarters
- 8 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
90.2% of residents of Nether Providence township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (81% speak English very well, 19% speak English well).
5.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
1.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (66% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak other language at home (65% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 13,134- In family households: 11,756 (2,909 male householders, 888 female householders)
3,219 spouses, 4,266 children (3,987 natural, 114 adopted, 165 stepchildren), 82 grandchildren, 40 brothers or sisters, 134 parents, 134 other relatives, 84 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,378 (456 male householders (369 living alone)), 760 female householders (717 living alone)), 162 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 322 (210 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,645 2-persons, 840 3-persons, 801 4-persons, 366 5-persons, 118 6-persons, 27 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,086 1-person, 115 2-persons, 8 3-persons, 7 5-persons,
2,708 married couples with children.
504 single-parent households (94 men, 410 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 359
| Here: | 20.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 69
| Here: | 7.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 197
| Here: | 42.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |