New London township, Chester County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (43% naturalized citizens)
New London township: | 4.6% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
65% of New London township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 31% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 41% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2257
- Northeast: 438
- Midwest: 271
- South: 1358
- West: 40
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $246,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
2 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,282
- One, attached: 26
- Two: 5
- 3 or 4: 6
- 5 to 9: 6
- Mobile homes: 65
Median worth of mobile homes: $44,500
Housing units in New London township with a mortgage: 973 (61 second mortgage, 175 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 125
- Construction (13%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Health care (15%)
- Finance and insurance (13%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Accountants and auditors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in New London township:
- German (19.2%)
- Irish (18.7%)
- Italian (16.0%)
- English (10.8%)
- United States or American (7.3%)
- Polish (4.2%)
- French (except Basque) (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (34%)
- Germany (16%)
- United Kingdom (11%)
- Cuba (8%)
- Egypt (6%)
- Canada (5%)
- Austria (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,898 (86%)
- Carpooled: 174 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 12 (1%)
- Walked: 19 (1%)
- Other means: 6 (0%)
- Worked at home: 99 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (40%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (33%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Wood (5%)
- Utility gas (3%)
2 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
92.8% of residents of New London township speak English at home.
3.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 22% speak English not well, 18% don't speak English at all).
2.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.8% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,581- In family households: 4,368 (1,038 male householders, 168 female householders)
1,075 spouses, 1,905 children (1,834 natural, 11 adopted, 60 stepchildren), 35 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 43 parents, 26 other relatives, 78 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 213 (89 male householders (75 living alone)), 70 female householders (44 living alone)), 54 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 2 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 281 2-persons, 238 3-persons, 405 4-persons, 199 5-persons, 59 6-persons, 24 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 119 1-person, 31 2-persons, 9 3-persons,
1,560 married couples with children.
120 single-parent households (34 men, 86 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 132
Here: | 14.9% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 71
Here: | 18.7% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |