West Sadsbury township, Chester County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (91% naturalized citizens)
West Sadsbury township: | 0.5% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
70% of West Sadsbury township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2130
- Northeast: 87
- Midwest: 38
- South: 137
- West: 29
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $127,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
7 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 684
- One, attached: 17
- Two: 22
- 3 or 4: 18
- 5 to 9: 2
- Mobile homes: 75
Median worth of mobile homes: $88,300
Housing units in West Sadsbury township with a mortgage: 414 (60 second mortgage, 78 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 135
- Construction (17%)
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Truck transportation (3%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Health care (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in West Sadsbury township:
- German (26.8%)
- Irish (13.9%)
- United States or American (9.5%)
- Italian (8.3%)
- English (6.6%)
- Polish (4.3%)
- Pennsylvania German (4.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Egypt (36%)
- United Kingdom (27%)
- Ireland (18%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 945 (77%)
- Carpooled: 153 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (0%)
- Railroad: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 33 (3%)
- Other means: 11 (1%)
- Worked at home: 75 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (47%)
- Electricity (27%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%)
- Wood (4%)
- Coal or coke (3%)
- Utility gas (2%)
7 people in homes for the mentally retarded
90.5% of residents of West Sadsbury township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (77% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
8.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,437- In family households: 2,235 (552 male householders, 96 female householders)
573 spouses, 867 children (830 natural, 9 adopted, 28 stepchildren), 60 grandchildren, 18 brothers or sisters, 22 parents, 25 other relatives, 22 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 202 (92 male householders (72 living alone)), 69 female householders (62 living alone)), 41 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 7 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 214 2-persons, 170 3-persons, 126 4-persons, 65 5-persons, 43 6-persons, 30 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 134 1-person, 23 2-persons, 1 4-persons, 3 5-persons,
606 married couples with children.
50 single-parent households (10 men, 40 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 92
Here: | 26.2% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 35
Here: | 25.2% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 16
Here: | 42.1% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |