Whitemarsh township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (59% naturalized citizens)
| Whitemarsh township: | 5.1% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
68% of Whitemarsh township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 46% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 13088
- Northeast: 1525
- Midwest: 370
- South: 532
- West: 212
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $187,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Whitemarsh township, Pennsylvania:
- 370 people in nursing homes
- 122 people in religious group quarters
- 7 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 7 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,683
- One, attached: 615
- Two: 155
- 3 or 4: 85
- 5 to 9: 156
- 10 to 19: 158
- 20 to 49: 341
- 50 or more: 166
- Mobile homes: 13
Median worth of mobile homes: $176,800
Housing units in Whitemarsh township with a mortgage: 3,511 (284 second mortgage, 643 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,286
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (15%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Health care (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Construction (6%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (9%)
- Lawyers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Physicians and surgeons (3%)
- Computer specialists (3%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Whitemarsh township:
- Irish (21.7%)
- Italian (16.2%)
- German (10.9%)
- Russian (7.5%)
- Polish (7.0%)
- English (6.9%)
- United States or American (4.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (18%)
- Korea (8%)
- Germany (6%)
- Iraq (6%)
- Philippines (6%)
- Japan (5%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 6,787 (80%)
- Carpooled: 539 (6%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 70 (1%)
- Subway or elevated: 24 (0%)
- Railroad: 385 (5%)
- Walked: 184 (2%)
- Other means: 13 (0%)
- Worked at home: 457 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (67%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (18%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Whitemarsh township, Pennsylvania:
- 370 people in nursing homes
- 122 people in religious group quarters
- 7 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 7 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
91.7% of residents of Whitemarsh township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
3.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
2.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (61% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 20% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak other language at home (88% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 5% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 16,197- In family households: 14,369 (3,787 male householders, 864 female householders)
4,097 spouses, 4,958 children (4,673 natural, 120 adopted, 165 stepchildren), 123 grandchildren, 74 brothers or sisters, 179 parents, 148 other relatives, 139 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,828 (617 male householders (483 living alone)), 907 female householders (802 living alone)), 304 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 505 (371 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,934 2-persons, 1,088 3-persons, 1,073 4-persons, 447 5-persons, 87 6-persons, 22 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,285 1-person, 212 2-persons, 20 3-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
3,440 married couples with children.
430 single-parent households (117 men, 313 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 674
| Here: | 39.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 282
| Here: | 31.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 289
| Here: | 51.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |