Upper Providence township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (53% naturalized citizens)
| Upper Providence township: | 5.2% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
50% of Upper Providence township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 65% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 11386
- Northeast: 1401
- Midwest: 529
- South: 857
- West: 338
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $86,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
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
544 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,330
- One, attached: 1,613
- Two: 40
- 3 or 4: 118
- 5 to 9: 106
- 10 to 19: 152
- 20 to 49: 102
- 50 or more: 74
- Mobile homes: 10
Median worth of mobile homes: $350,000
Housing units in Upper Providence township with a mortgage: 3,624 (316 second mortgage, 558 home equity loan, 16 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 662
- Construction (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Chemicals (7%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Computer specialists (8%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Business operations specialists (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Upper Providence township:
- German (19.9%)
- Italian (19.6%)
- Irish (19.3%)
- English (6.3%)
- Polish (5.7%)
- United States or American (3.2%)
- Dutch (1.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (11%)
- Korea (10%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (10%)
- United Kingdom (8%)
- Israel (6%)
- Germany (5%)
- Italy (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 7,104 (86%)
- Carpooled: 580 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 23 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 30 (0%)
- Railroad: 68 (1%)
- Bicycle: 10 (0%)
- Walked: 31 (0%)
- Other means: 58 (1%)
- Worked at home: 314 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (50%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (28%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Wood (1%)
544 people in nursing homes
93.1% of residents of Upper Providence township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (91% speak English very well, 9% speak English well).
3.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (84% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
1.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (73% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 14,845- In family households: 13,362 (3,306 male householders, 849 female householders)
3,603 spouses, 5,107 children (4,753 natural, 110 adopted, 244 stepchildren), 104 grandchildren, 59 brothers or sisters, 69 parents, 130 other relatives, 135 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,483 (555 male householders (388 living alone)), 645 female householders (560 living alone)), 283 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 553 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 1,478 2-persons, 996 3-persons, 1,072 4-persons, 460 5-persons, 101 6-persons, 48 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 948 1-person, 234 2-persons, 12 3-persons, 6 4-persons,
3,683 married couples with children.
500 single-parent households (109 men, 391 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 388
| Here: | 22.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 98
| Here: | 13.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 148
| Here: | 36.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |