Newtown township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 7 (63% naturalized citizens)
| Newtown township: | 6.8% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
71% of Newtown township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 8672
- Northeast: 1006
- Midwest: 561
- South: 472
- West: 162
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $258,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Newtown township, Pennsylvania:
- 149 people in nursing homes
- 111 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 37 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 25 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 14 people in religious group quarters
- 9 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,372
- One, attached: 274
- Two: 56
- 3 or 4: 131
- 5 to 9: 146
- 10 to 19: 116
- 20 to 49: 244
- 50 or more: 351
Housing units in Newtown township with a mortgage: 2,162 (217 second mortgage, 345 home equity loan, 24 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,087
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Construction (8%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Top executives (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Newtown township:
- Irish (26.8%)
- Italian (19.7%)
- English (12.8%)
- German (12.4%)
- United States or American (3.8%)
- Polish (1.9%)
- Scottish (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (16%)
- Ireland (13%)
- Italy (10%)
- United Kingdom (8%)
- Iraq (8%)
- Canada (6%)
- Germany (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,252 (83%)
- Carpooled: 375 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 53 (1%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 10 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 16 (0%)
- Railroad: 121 (2%)
- Bicycle: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 108 (2%)
- Other means: 18 (0%)
- Worked at home: 192 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (47%)
- Utility gas (31%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Newtown township, Pennsylvania:
- 149 people in nursing homes
- 111 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 37 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 25 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 14 people in religious group quarters
- 9 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
91.5% of residents of Newtown township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 26% speak English not well).
5.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (33% speak English very well, 46% speak English well, 20% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 11,354- In family households: 9,938 (2,760 male householders, 490 female householders)
2,849 spouses, 3,375 children (3,196 natural, 83 adopted, 96 stepchildren), 126 grandchildren, 37 brothers or sisters, 90 parents, 124 other relatives, 87 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,416 (381 male householders (342 living alone)), 917 female householders (882 living alone)), 118 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 346 (151 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,510 2-persons, 607 3-persons, 585 4-persons, 372 5-persons, 157 6-persons, 19 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,224 1-person, 65 2-persons, 9 4-persons,
2,302 married couples with children.
236 single-parent households (49 men, 187 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 479
| Here: | 39.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 272
| Here: | 43.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 186
| Here: | 43.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |