New Garden township, Chester County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 15 (45% naturalized citizens)
| New Garden township: | 15.5% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
57% of New Garden township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 28% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 24% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3695
- Northeast: 787
- Midwest: 312
- South: 2490
- West: 158
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
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
517 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
43 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,172
- One, attached: 77
- Two: 86
- 3 or 4: 162
- 5 to 9: 21
- 20 to 49: 68
- 50 or more: 12
- Mobile homes: 233
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in New Garden township with a mortgage: 1,472 (172 second mortgage, 292 home equity loan, 25 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 379
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (21%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Construction (8%)
- Chemicals (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Health care (4%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Chemicals (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (16%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Top executives (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in New Garden township:
- Italian (16.4%)
- Irish (12.5%)
- German (9.4%)
- English (9.2%)
- United States or American (8.2%)
- Polish (3.2%)
- Russian (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (78%)
- United Kingdom (4%)
- Canada (4%)
- Other South America (3%)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (2%)
- Germany (1%)
- Ukraine (1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,221 (77%)
- Carpooled: 423 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 8 (0%)
- Walked: 276 (7%)
- Other means: 40 (1%)
- Worked at home: 215 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (40%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (33%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (14%)
- Electricity (13%)
517 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
43 people in other nonhousehold living situations
75.3% of residents of New Garden township speak English at home.
21.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (36% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 34% speak English not well, 22% don't speak English at all).
2.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (89% speak English very well, 11% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 8,523- In family households: 7,959 (1,950 male householders, 314 female householders)
2,051 spouses, 3,146 children (2,968 natural, 63 adopted, 115 stepchildren), 37 grandchildren, 127 brothers or sisters, 72 parents, 146 other relatives, 116 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 564 (154 male householders (124 living alone)), 306 female householders (249 living alone)), 104 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 560 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 689 2-persons, 454 3-persons, 603 4-persons, 310 5-persons, 75 6-persons, 133 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 373 1-person, 80 2-persons, 7 3-persons,
2,314 married couples with children.
280 single-parent households (119 men, 161 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 164
| Here: | 13.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 91
| Here: | 14.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 116
| Here: | 44.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |