West Nottingham township, Chester County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (23% naturalized citizens)
| West Nottingham township: | 3.8% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
55% of West Nottingham 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, 46% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1775
- Northeast: 127
- Midwest: 27
- South: 637
- West: 13
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 9.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 541
- One, attached: 9
- Two: 23
- 3 or 4: 7
- 5 to 9: 5
- Mobile homes: 416
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $26,800
Housing units in West Nottingham township with a mortgage: 316 (38 second mortgage, 62 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 85
- Construction (21%)
- Repair and maintenance (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Food (8%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Carpenters (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Child care workers (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in West Nottingham township:
- Irish (25.1%)
- German (17.8%)
- United States or American (8.6%)
- English (7.9%)
- Italian (7.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.9%)
- Scottish (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (52%)
- United Kingdom (15%)
- Taiwan (14%)
- Korea (13%)
- France (3%)
- Poland (2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,107 (74%)
- Carpooled: 285 (19%)
- Bicycle: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 55 (4%)
- Worked at home: 52 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (50%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (26%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Utility gas (6%)
- Wood (2%)
4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
95.0% of residents of West Nottingham township speak English at home.
3.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (31% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 24% speak English not well, 28% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (61% speak English very well, 39% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English well, 50% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,690- In family households: 2,443 (616 male householders, 132 female householders)
566 spouses, 966 children (877 natural, 13 adopted, 76 stepchildren), 14 grandchildren, 16 brothers or sisters, 10 parents, 43 other relatives, 80 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 247 (151 male householders (123 living alone)), 60 female householders (54 living alone)), 36 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 11 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 266 2-persons, 181 3-persons, 180 4-persons, 91 5-persons, 24 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 177 1-person, 31 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
490 married couples with children.
199 single-parent households (61 men, 138 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 72
| Here: | 19.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 17
| Here: | 9.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 22
| Here: | 48.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |