West Norriton township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (55% naturalized citizens)
| West Norriton township: | 5.3% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
57% of West Norriton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 11839
- Northeast: 979
- Midwest: 397
- South: 684
- West: 94
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $132,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in West Norriton township, Pennsylvania:
- 60 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 60 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 9 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 8 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 2 people in religious group quarters
- 2 people in other workers' dormitories
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,071
- One, attached: 1,960
- Two: 116
- 3 or 4: 346
- 5 to 9: 263
- 10 to 19: 188
- 20 to 49: 563
- 50 or more: 367
- Mobile homes: 6
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 9
Median worth of mobile homes: $225,000
Housing units in West Norriton township with a mortgage: 3,186 (239 second mortgage, 443 home equity loan, 17 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,102
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Construction (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Computer specialists (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Business operations specialists (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in West Norriton township:
- Italian (23.8%)
- Irish (19.1%)
- German (14.9%)
- English (7.1%)
- Polish (6.7%)
- United States or American (3.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (13%)
- Italy (13%)
- United Kingdom (11%)
- Philippines (9%)
- Turkey (5%)
- Trinidad and Tobago (4%)
- Germany (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 7,112 (85%)
- Carpooled: 661 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 96 (1%)
- Subway or elevated: 7 (0%)
- Railroad: 149 (2%)
- Walked: 99 (1%)
- Other means: 46 (1%)
- Worked at home: 214 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (63%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (20%)
- Electricity (16%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in West Norriton township, Pennsylvania:
- 60 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 60 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 9 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 8 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 2 people in religious group quarters
- 2 people in other workers' dormitories
91.9% of residents of West Norriton township speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (76% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
4.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (68% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 14,762- In family households: 11,340 (3,034 male householders, 819 female householders)
3,321 spouses, 3,606 children (3,243 natural, 150 adopted, 213 stepchildren), 127 grandchildren, 107 brothers or sisters, 133 parents, 101 other relatives, 92 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 3,422 (1,131 male householders (851 living alone)), 1,644 female householders (1,347 living alone)), 647 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 139 (125 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,856 2-persons, 946 3-persons, 660 4-persons, 274 5-persons, 76 6-persons, 41 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,198 1-person, 501 2-persons, 52 3-persons, 17 5-persons, 7 6-persons,
2,109 married couples with children.
424 single-parent households (115 men, 309 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 512
| Here: | 41.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 160
| Here: | 27.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 355
| Here: | 48.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |