Westtown township, Chester County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (52% naturalized citizens)
| Westtown township: | 4.6% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
66% of Westtown township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 33% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 63% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6729
- Northeast: 1317
- Midwest: 719
- South: 823
- West: 159
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.0%
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
People in group quarters in Westtown township, Pennsylvania:
- 48 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 8 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 6 people in religious group quarters
- 3 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,728
- One, attached: 506
- Two: 37
- 3 or 4: 40
- 5 to 9: 46
- 10 to 19: 247
- 20 to 49: 86
- 50 or more: 75
Housing units in Westtown township with a mortgage: 2,257 (228 second mortgage, 513 home equity loan, 5 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 619
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (14%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Construction (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (3%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Health care (18%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (12%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (2%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Westtown township:
- Irish (24.8%)
- German (15.9%)
- Italian (15.0%)
- English (10.3%)
- Polish (4.0%)
- United States or American (3.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (14%)
- Vietnam (10%)
- India (8%)
- France (7%)
- Germany (7%)
- Ireland (6%)
- United Kingdom (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,454 (82%)
- Carpooled: 420 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 9 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 21 (0%)
- Railroad: 106 (2%)
- Bicycle: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 129 (2%)
- Other means: 9 (0%)
- Worked at home: 300 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (39%)
- Electricity (32%)
- Utility gas (26%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Westtown township, Pennsylvania:
- 48 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 8 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 6 people in religious group quarters
- 3 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
93.0% of residents of Westtown township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (75% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
3.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (85% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (49% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 11% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 10,237- In family households: 9,229 (2,476 male householders, 429 female householders)
2,607 spouses, 3,409 children (3,133 natural, 169 adopted, 107 stepchildren), 79 grandchildren, 27 brothers or sisters, 48 parents, 95 other relatives, 59 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,008 (271 male householders (169 living alone)), 472 female householders (381 living alone)), 265 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 62 (3 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,203 2-persons, 602 3-persons, 685 4-persons, 301 5-persons, 114 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 550 1-person, 152 2-persons, 16 3-persons, 25 4-persons,
2,457 married couples with children.
244 single-parent households (36 men, 208 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 505
| Here: | 32.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 160
| Here: | 25.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 138
| Here: | 35.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |