Uwchlan township, Chester County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 7 (65% naturalized citizens)
Uwchlan township: | 6.5% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
59% of Uwchlan township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 49% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 54% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 9635
- Northeast: 2636
- Midwest: 1280
- South: 1265
- West: 472
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $180,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,972
- One, attached: 1,171
- Two: 33
- 3 or 4: 191
- 5 to 9: 179
- 10 to 19: 233
- 20 to 49: 140
- 50 or more: 42
- Mobile homes: 53
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 16
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,900
Housing units in Uwchlan township with a mortgage: 3,847 (442 second mortgage, 592 home equity loan, 32 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 737
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (19%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Construction (5%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Health care (3%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (12%)
- Health care (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (2%)
- Computer specialists (9%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers (6%)
- Top executives (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Uwchlan township:
- Irish (23.7%)
- German (18.8%)
- Italian (14.0%)
- English (9.0%)
- Polish (2.9%)
- United States or American (2.9%)
- Scottish (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (18%)
- Ukraine (10%)
- United Kingdom (7%)
- Vietnam (6%)
- Germany (6%)
- Korea (5%)
- Italy (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 7,535 (85%)
- Carpooled: 429 (5%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (0%)
- Railroad: 247 (3%)
- Taxi: 12 (0%)
- Bicycle: 8 (0%)
- Walked: 25 (0%)
- Other means: 28 (0%)
- Worked at home: 525 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (46%)
- Utility gas (27%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (22%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
91.9% of residents of Uwchlan township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 21% speak English not well).
4.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (68% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
1.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (96% speak English very well, 4% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (88% speak English very well, 12% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 16,576- In family households: 14,928 (3,966 male householders, 640 female householders)
4,201 spouses, 5,854 children (5,533 natural, 161 adopted, 160 stepchildren), 55 grandchildren, 20 brothers or sisters, 51 parents, 70 other relatives, 71 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,648 (549 male householders (391 living alone)), 787 female householders (690 living alone)), 312 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 1,658 2-persons, 1,063 3-persons, 1,253 4-persons, 474 5-persons, 138 6-persons, 20 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,081 1-person, 221 2-persons, 21 3-persons, 13 5-persons,
4,474 married couples with children.
437 single-parent households (73 men, 364 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 290
Here: | 12.1% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 251
Here: | 24.1% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 169
Here: | 31.3% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |