West Pikeland township, Chester County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (48% naturalized citizens)
| West Pikeland township: | 4.1% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
65% of West Pikeland 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, 44% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2247
- Northeast: 579
- Midwest: 290
- South: 198
- West: 81
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $391,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,060
- One, attached: 168
- Two: 5
- 5 to 9: 7
Housing units in West Pikeland township with a mortgage: 816 (67 second mortgage, 147 home equity loan, 11 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 157
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Construction (9%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (12%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Chemicals (7%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (3%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Top executives (10%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (9%)
- Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Business operations specialists (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Life and physical scientists (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in West Pikeland township:
- German (18.6%)
- Irish (17.2%)
- English (14.8%)
- Italian (11.7%)
- Polish (4.0%)
- United States or American (3.5%)
- Scottish (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (17%)
- Hungary (12%)
- Brazil (12%)
- Canada (10%)
- Korea (9%)
- Russia (8%)
- Egypt (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,541 (83%)
- Carpooled: 91 (5%)
- Railroad: 32 (2%)
- Walked: 5 (0%)
- Other means: 16 (1%)
- Worked at home: 161 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (38%)
- Electricity (33%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (14%)
- Utility gas (11%)
- Other fuel (2%)
- Wood (1%)
95.9% of residents of West Pikeland township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (77% speak English very well, 23% speak English well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
1.1% of residents speak other language at home (49% speak English very well, 37% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,551- In family households: 3,330 (866 male householders, 157 female householders)
957 spouses, 1,235 children (1,186 natural, 44 adopted, 5 stepchildren), 10 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 40 other relatives, 46 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 221 (69 male householders (64 living alone)), 115 female householders (88 living alone)), 37 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 395 2-persons, 200 3-persons, 270 4-persons, 111 5-persons, 47 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 152 1-person, 32 2-persons,
1,018 married couples with children.
56 single-parent households (16 men, 40 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 143
| Here: | 25.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 62
| Here: | 30.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 18
| Here: | 39.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |