Wallace township, Chester County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (64% naturalized citizens)
| Wallace township: | 1.7% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
67% of Wallace township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 48% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2300
- Northeast: 371
- Midwest: 196
- South: 229
- West: 71
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
112 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
30 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 985
- One, attached: 23
- Two: 7
- 3 or 4: 11
- 5 to 9: 12
- Mobile homes: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $78,800
Housing units in Wallace township with a mortgage: 704 (77 second mortgage, 178 home equity loan, 3 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 130
- Construction (13%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Health care (13%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (12%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Construction (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Top executives (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Computer specialists (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Wallace township:
- German (26.8%)
- Irish (16.2%)
- Italian (12.6%)
- English (10.4%)
- United States or American (7.8%)
- Polish (3.3%)
- Scottish (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Cuba (20%)
- Germany (13%)
- Korea (11%)
- India (11%)
- Netherlands (9%)
- Iran (9%)
- Sweden (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,417 (86%)
- Carpooled: 100 (6%)
- Railroad: 17 (1%)
- Walked: 8 (0%)
- Other means: 10 (1%)
- Worked at home: 87 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (45%)
- Electricity (27%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (22%)
- Wood (5%)
- Other fuel (1%)
112 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
30 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
96.0% of residents of Wallace township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (80% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (40% speak English well, 60% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,098- In family households: 2,902 (757 male householders, 100 female householders)
788 spouses, 1,164 children (1,078 natural, 46 adopted, 40 stepchildren), 22 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 33 other relatives, 28 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 196 (58 male householders (44 living alone)), 98 female householders (79 living alone)), 40 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 142 (82 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 286 2-persons, 164 3-persons, 261 4-persons, 98 5-persons, 45 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 123 1-person, 29 2-persons, 4 4-persons,
879 married couples with children.
67 single-parent households (23 men, 44 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 107
| Here: | 18.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 43
| Here: | 15.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 49
| Here: | 79.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |