Thornbury township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (43% naturalized citizens)
| Thornbury township: | 2.9% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
51% of Thornbury township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 26% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 83% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4852
- Northeast: 591
- Midwest: 192
- South: 1211
- West: 29
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $275,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.4%
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
People in group quarters in Thornbury township, Pennsylvania:
- 1,306 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 916 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 708 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 14 people in other types of correctional institutions
- 14 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 6 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 2 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,306
- One, attached: 57
- Two: 15
- 3 or 4: 9
Housing units in Thornbury township with a mortgage: 886 (43 second mortgage, 161 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 325
- Educational services (17%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (11%)
- Construction (10%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Utilities (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Educational services (24%)
- Health care (13%)
- Social assistance (8%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Thornbury township:
- Irish (21.8%)
- German (16.9%)
- Italian (16.7%)
- English (7.8%)
- United States or American (4.4%)
- Polish (3.0%)
- Welsh (1.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Trinidad and Tobago (12%)
- Netherlands (12%)
- Ireland (11%)
- Russia (10%)
- Pakistan (8%)
- Korea (7%)
- Italy (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,821 (78%)
- Carpooled: 67 (3%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 10 (0%)
- Railroad: 37 (2%)
- Walked: 171 (7%)
- Other means: 41 (2%)
- Worked at home: 176 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (50%)
- Utility gas (31%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Thornbury township, Pennsylvania:
- 1,306 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 916 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 708 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 14 people in other types of correctional institutions
- 14 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 6 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 2 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
95.7% of residents of Thornbury township speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (86% speak English very well, 14% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,142- In family households: 3,898 (942 male householders, 229 female householders)
1,026 spouses, 1,566 children (1,473 natural, 80 adopted, 13 stepchildren), 45 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 38 parents, 34 other relatives, 18 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 244 (95 male householders (60 living alone)), 111 female householders (107 living alone)), 38 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 2,951 (1,347 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 389 2-persons, 241 3-persons, 315 4-persons, 173 5-persons, 43 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 167 1-person, 39 2-persons,
1,140 married couples with children.
77 single-parent households (17 men, 60 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 176
| Here: | 26.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 306
| Here: | 34.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 365
| Here: | 35.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |