West Vincent township, Chester County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 6 (38% naturalized citizens)
| West Vincent township: | 6.1% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
60% of West Vincent township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 42% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2043
- Northeast: 334
- Midwest: 271
- South: 236
- West: 75
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $322,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
112 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,090
- Two: 16
- 3 or 4: 9
- 5 to 9: 6
Housing units in West Vincent township with a mortgage: 600 (70 second mortgage, 107 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 173
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (17%)
- Construction (10%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Chemicals (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (3%)
- Health care (3%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (15%)
- Health care (13%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Construction (4%)
- Top executives (10%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers (5%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (5%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in West Vincent township:
- German (24.5%)
- Irish (13.3%)
- English (11.6%)
- Italian (10.5%)
- United States or American (6.4%)
- Polish (4.8%)
- Scottish (3.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (33%)
- Germany (15%)
- Korea (7%)
- Italy (6%)
- Other Southern Europe (6%)
- France (5%)
- Romania (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,186 (82%)
- Carpooled: 44 (3%)
- Railroad: 39 (3%)
- Bicycle: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 20 (1%)
- Other means: 4 (0%)
- Worked at home: 156 (11%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (56%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (24%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Wood (1%)
- Utility gas (1%)
112 people in homes for the mentally ill
95.0% of residents of West Vincent township speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
3.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (92% speak English very well, 8% speak English well).
1.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,057- In family households: 2,788 (720 male householders, 146 female householders)
842 spouses, 983 children (937 natural, 24 adopted, 22 stepchildren), 21 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 17 parents, 24 other relatives, 29 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 269 (92 male householders (60 living alone)), 115 female householders (90 living alone)), 62 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 113 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 350 2-persons, 169 3-persons, 215 4-persons, 99 5-persons, 25 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 150 1-person, 49 2-persons, 8 3-persons,
773 married couples with children.
59 single-parent households (23 men, 36 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 95
| Here: | 24.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 40
| Here: | 31.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 21
| Here: | 30.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |