Upper Providence township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 6 (60% naturalized citizens)
| Upper Providence township: | 5.6% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
66% of Upper Providence township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 55% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 7577
- Northeast: 1135
- Midwest: 423
- South: 606
- West: 158
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $218,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Upper Providence township, Pennsylvania:
- 31 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 31 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 2 people in nursing homes
- 2 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,813
- One, attached: 413
- Two: 54
- 3 or 4: 109
- 5 to 9: 74
- 10 to 19: 197
- 20 to 49: 358
- 50 or more: 276
- Mobile homes: 5
Median worth of mobile homes: $450,000
Housing units in Upper Providence township with a mortgage: 2,073 (171 second mortgage, 404 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 841
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (15%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Health care (8%)
- Construction (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Metal and metal products (3%)
- Health care (23%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (14%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (3%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (3%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Business operations specialists (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Physicians and surgeons (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Upper Providence township:
- Irish (21.8%)
- Italian (16.3%)
- German (15.1%)
- English (9.2%)
- United States or American (3.6%)
- Polish (3.0%)
- Russian (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (10%)
- Korea (9%)
- India (8%)
- Vietnam (7%)
- Pakistan (5%)
- Germany (5%)
- Italy (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,365 (81%)
- Carpooled: 473 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 21 (0%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 11 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 44 (1%)
- Railroad: 125 (2%)
- Motorcycle: 6 (0%)
- Bicycle: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 40 (1%)
- Other means: 28 (1%)
- Worked at home: 278 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (45%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (37%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
People in group quarters in Upper Providence township, Pennsylvania:
- 31 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 31 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 2 people in nursing homes
- 2 people in religious group quarters
92.8% of residents of Upper Providence township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (57% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 22% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
3.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (88% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
2.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (38% speak English very well, 45% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (87% speak English very well, 13% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 10,444- In family households: 9,007 (2,307 male householders, 547 female householders)
2,603 spouses, 3,189 children (2,996 natural, 106 adopted, 87 stepchildren), 60 grandchildren, 16 brothers or sisters, 84 parents, 52 other relatives, 149 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,437 (578 male householders (474 living alone)), 637 female householders (572 living alone)), 222 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 65 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,185 2-persons, 610 3-persons, 623 4-persons, 307 5-persons, 110 6-persons, 19 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,046 1-person, 147 2-persons, 11 3-persons, 8 4-persons, 3 5-persons,
2,210 married couples with children.
267 single-parent households (50 men, 217 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 386
| Here: | 32.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 221
| Here: | 34.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 184
| Here: | 55.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |