East Caln township, Chester County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 7 (80% naturalized citizens)
East Caln township: | 7.1% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
54% of East Caln township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 46% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1832
- Northeast: 382
- Midwest: 124
- South: 198
- West: 94
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $187,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
28 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 535
- One, attached: 235
- Two: 3
- 3 or 4: 13
- 5 to 9: 76
- 10 to 19: 97
- 20 to 49: 161
- 50 or more: 58
- Mobile homes: 98
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,900
Housing units in East Caln township with a mortgage: 547 (38 second mortgage, 129 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 122
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (18%)
- Construction (10%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (13%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (3%)
- Computer specialists (8%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (7%)
- Business operations specialists (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Customer service representatives (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in East Caln township:
- German (19.4%)
- Irish (17.1%)
- Italian (12.4%)
- English (10.5%)
- United States or American (3.3%)
- French (except Basque) (2.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Iran (10%)
- Italy (10%)
- Korea (8%)
- Laos (8%)
- Philippines (7%)
- Colombia (6%)
- Other Eastern Africa (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,373 (85%)
- Carpooled: 134 (8%)
- Subway or elevated: 4 (0%)
- Railroad: 31 (2%)
- Walked: 6 (0%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 63 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (49%)
- Utility gas (24%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (23%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
28 people in homes for the mentally retarded
91.7% of residents of East Caln township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 12% don't speak English at all).
4.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
2.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (75% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,829- In family households: 2,311 (591 male householders, 176 female householders)
609 spouses, 806 children (793 natural, 4 adopted, 9 stepchildren), 21 grandchildren, 27 brothers or sisters, 36 parents, 8 other relatives, 37 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 518 (191 male householders (136 living alone)), 240 female householders (214 living alone)), 87 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 28 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 346 2-persons, 159 3-persons, 180 4-persons, 54 5-persons, 28 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 350 1-person, 74 2-persons, 7 3-persons,
499 married couples with children.
136 single-parent households (30 men, 106 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 28
Here: | 10.3% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 19
Here: | 12.7% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 33
Here: | 36.7% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |