Skippack township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (51% naturalized citizens)
| Skippack township: | 5.5% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
54% of Skippack township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 40% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4811
- Northeast: 676
- Midwest: 286
- South: 276
- West: 136
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $168,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
101 people in state prisons
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,737
- One, attached: 546
- Two: 86
- 3 or 4: 35
- 5 to 9: 68
- 10 to 19: 11
- 20 to 49: 10
Housing units in Skippack township with a mortgage: 1,508 (145 second mortgage, 206 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 388
- Construction (16%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Metal and metal products (3%)
- Health care (19%)
- Finance and insurance (12%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (12%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (2%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Computer specialists (7%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Customer service representatives (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Skippack township:
- German (21.0%)
- Irish (20.2%)
- Italian (17.9%)
- English (7.0%)
- Polish (6.9%)
- United States or American (5.4%)
- Pennsylvania German (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (31%)
- Germany (12%)
- Philippines (10%)
- United Kingdom (9%)
- Other Northern Africa (6%)
- Canada (6%)
- Syria (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,766 (84%)
- Carpooled: 297 (9%)
- Railroad: 79 (2%)
- Bicycle: 8 (0%)
- Walked: 40 (1%)
- Other means: 14 (0%)
- Worked at home: 85 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (41%)
- Utility gas (29%)
- Electricity (22%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
- Wood (1%)
101 people in state prisons
93.3% of residents of Skippack township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 34% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
4.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (66% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (44% speak English very well, 56% speak English well).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (68% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 16% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,464- In family households: 5,819 (1,485 male householders, 355 female householders)
1,523 spouses, 2,239 children (2,119 natural, 67 adopted, 53 stepchildren), 44 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 54 parents, 63 other relatives, 50 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 645 (291 male householders (219 living alone)), 247 female householders (215 living alone)), 107 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 102 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 774 2-persons, 389 3-persons, 425 4-persons, 178 5-persons, 46 6-persons, 28 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 434 1-person, 86 2-persons, 18 3-persons,
1,514 married couples with children.
164 single-parent households (40 men, 124 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 195
| Here: | 26.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 41
| Here: | 14.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 76
| Here: | 38.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |