South Coventry township, Chester County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
South Coventry township: | 0.2% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
68% of South Coventry township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1859
- Northeast: 9
- Midwest: 95
- South: 147
- West: 50
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $33,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
38 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 766
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 4
- 3 or 4: 35
- Mobile homes: 95
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,700
Housing units in South Coventry township with a mortgage: 277 (14 second mortgage, 17 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 252
- Construction (13%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Food (6%)
- Paper (5%)
- Rail transportation (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Health care (23%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Apparel (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in South Coventry township:
- German (34.6%)
- United States or American (32.6%)
- Irish (9.7%)
- French (except Basque) (6.2%)
- English (3.4%)
- Dutch (1.6%)
- Italian (1.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 807 (82%)
- Carpooled: 135 (14%)
- Walked: 11 (1%)
- Other means: 1 (0%)
- Worked at home: 33 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (53%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (22%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Wood (4%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
38 people in nursing homes
98.2% of residents of South Coventry township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,164- In family households: 1,921 (533 male householders, 106 female householders)
542 spouses, 670 children (587 natural, 15 adopted, 68 stepchildren), 12 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 13 other relatives, 33 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 243 (80 male householders (63 living alone)), 124 female householders (120 living alone)), 39 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 290 2-persons, 152 3-persons, 123 4-persons, 55 5-persons, 12 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 183 1-person, 14 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 3 4-persons, 2 6-persons,
434 married couples with children.
36 single-parent households (18 men, 18 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 86
Here: | 29.7% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
Here: | 1.7% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |