Upper Moreland township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 6 (48% naturalized citizens)
| Upper Moreland township: | 6.0% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
64% of Upper Moreland township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 43% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 19781
- Northeast: 1790
- Midwest: 562
- South: 907
- West: 292
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $163,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Upper Moreland township, Pennsylvania:
- 430 people in nursing homes
- 135 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 49 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 21 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 11 people in religious group quarters
- 9 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 6,096
- One, attached: 739
- Two: 483
- 3 or 4: 419
- 5 to 9: 506
- 10 to 19: 916
- 20 to 49: 361
- 50 or more: 883
Housing units in Upper Moreland township with a mortgage: 3,882 (366 second mortgage, 697 home equity loan, 24 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,031
- Construction (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Finance and insurance (12%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Upper Moreland township:
- German (22.6%)
- Irish (21.1%)
- Italian (12.2%)
- English (8.5%)
- Polish (4.5%)
- United States or American (3.8%)
- Russian (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (14%)
- India (8%)
- Germany (7%)
- Italy (7%)
- United Kingdom (6%)
- Poland (6%)
- Philippines (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 10,788 (84%)
- Carpooled: 1,040 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 57 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 20 (0%)
- Railroad: 314 (2%)
- Taxi: 13 (0%)
- Bicycle: 13 (0%)
- Walked: 288 (2%)
- Other means: 33 (0%)
- Worked at home: 337 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (61%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (21%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Upper Moreland township, Pennsylvania:
- 430 people in nursing homes
- 135 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 49 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 21 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 11 people in religious group quarters
- 9 people in other nonhousehold living situations
92.0% of residents of Upper Moreland township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
4.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
1.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (54% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 30% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (73% speak English very well, 27% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 24,338- In family households: 20,207 (5,195 male householders, 1,490 female householders)
5,643 spouses, 6,963 children (6,505 natural, 159 adopted, 299 stepchildren), 214 grandchildren, 177 brothers or sisters, 168 parents, 142 other relatives, 215 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 4,131 (1,518 male householders (1,234 living alone)), 1,938 female householders (1,660 living alone)), 675 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 655 (298 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,973 2-persons, 1,514 3-persons, 1,342 4-persons, 643 5-persons, 161 6-persons, 52 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,894 1-person, 503 2-persons, 36 3-persons, 22 4-persons, 1 5-persons,
4,391 married couples with children.
826 single-parent households (165 men, 661 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 425
| Here: | 16.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 196
| Here: | 15.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 294
| Here: | 33.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |