West Marlborough township, Chester County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 8 (13% naturalized citizens)
| West Marlborough township: | 8.3% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
64% of West Marlborough township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 45% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 512
- Northeast: 71
- Midwest: 28
- South: 146
- West: 18
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
17 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 289
- One, attached: 21
- Two: 18
- 3 or 4: 17
- 5 to 9: 21
- 10 to 19: 12
- Mobile homes: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $57,500
Housing units in West Marlborough township with a mortgage: 84 (4 second mortgage, 19 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 34
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (28%)
- Construction (9%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (3%)
- Educational services (21%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Health care (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (11%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in West Marlborough township:
- English (16.8%)
- Irish (16.1%)
- German (12.1%)
- United States or American (11.5%)
- Italian (6.6%)
- Scottish (6.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (68%)
- Korea (13%)
- United Kingdom (7%)
- Ireland (3%)
- Germany (3%)
- Other Northern Africa (3%)
- South Africa (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 345 (70%)
- Carpooled: 45 (9%)
- Railroad: 3 (1%)
- Walked: 62 (13%)
- Worked at home: 37 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (64%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Wood (4%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
- Utility gas (1%)
17 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
89.4% of residents of West Marlborough township speak English at home.
7.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (31% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 41% speak English not well, 14% don't speak English at all).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (54% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 23% speak English not well).
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 842- In family households: 686 (164 male householders, 49 female householders)
195 spouses, 245 children (228 natural, 0 adopted, 17 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 13 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 156 (59 male householders (47 living alone)), 74 female householders (65 living alone)), 23 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 14 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 84 2-persons, 59 3-persons, 32 4-persons, 31 5-persons, 7 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 112 1-person, 21 2-persons,
163 married couples with children.
34 single-parent households (14 men, 20 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 17
| Here: | 14.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
| Here: | 10.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 20
| Here: | 69.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |