Pennsbury township, Chester County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 7 (61% naturalized citizens)
| Pennsbury township: | 6.9% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
68% of Pennsbury township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 22% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1504
- Northeast: 539
- Midwest: 320
- South: 791
- West: 66
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $350,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
163 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 909
- One, attached: 282
- 3 or 4: 59
- 10 to 19: 30
- 20 to 49: 86
- 50 or more: 52
- Mobile homes: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $37,500
Housing units in Pennsbury township with a mortgage: 655 (65 second mortgage, 139 home equity loan, 8 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 291
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (17%)
- Chemicals (11%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Health care (9%)
- Construction (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Health care (24%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Top executives (10%)
- Computer specialists (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers (5%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Other health diagnosing and treating practitioners and technical occupations (4%)
- Physicians and surgeons (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Physicians and surgeons (5%)
- Financial managers (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Pennsbury township:
- English (23.3%)
- Irish (14.1%)
- German (13.9%)
- Italian (9.2%)
- Polish (5.1%)
- United States or American (4.2%)
- Scottish (4.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (18%)
- Greece (14%)
- Korea (14%)
- Cambodia (10%)
- Laos (6%)
- Germany (5%)
- India (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,263 (85%)
- Carpooled: 59 (4%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 9 (1%)
- Bicycle: 7 (0%)
- Other means: 33 (2%)
- Worked at home: 122 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (40%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (34%)
- Utility gas (14%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
163 people in nursing homes
91.3% of residents of Pennsbury township speak English at home.
2.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (77% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
4.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English well).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (68% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,333- In family households: 2,885 (871 male householders, 109 female householders)
931 spouses, 898 children (837 natural, 31 adopted, 30 stepchildren), 10 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 16 parents, 19 other relatives, 25 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 448 (88 male householders (75 living alone)), 310 female householders (292 living alone)), 50 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 170 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 529 2-persons, 163 3-persons, 166 4-persons, 90 5-persons, 17 6-persons, 15 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 367 1-person, 13 2-persons, 18 3-persons,
662 married couples with children.
54 single-parent households (17 men, 37 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 81
| Here: | 22.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 12
| Here: | 7.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 55
| Here: | 61.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |