Towamencin township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 7 (47% naturalized citizens)
Towamencin township: | 7.3% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
58% of Towamencin 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, 52% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 12299
- Northeast: 1719
- Midwest: 807
- South: 940
- West: 396
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $200,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.5%
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
People in group quarters in Towamencin township, Pennsylvania:
- 68 people in nursing homes
- 2 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 2 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,538
- One, attached: 1,431
- Two: 97
- 3 or 4: 290
- 5 to 9: 477
- 10 to 19: 391
- 20 to 49: 214
- 50 or more: 484
- Mobile homes: 116
Median worth of mobile homes: $98,900
Housing units in Towamencin township with a mortgage: 3,484 (329 second mortgage, 731 home equity loan, 25 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 870
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Construction (8%)
- Chemicals (8%)
- Health care (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Chemicals (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Computer specialists (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (3%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Towamencin township:
- German (20.8%)
- Irish (18.0%)
- Italian (13.6%)
- English (7.6%)
- United States or American (4.9%)
- Polish (4.9%)
- Russian (1.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (17%)
- India (14%)
- Cambodia (9%)
- United Kingdom (6%)
- Italy (6%)
- Vietnam (5%)
- Ethiopia (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 7,753 (85%)
- Carpooled: 685 (8%)
- Subway or elevated: 8 (0%)
- Railroad: 174 (2%)
- Motorcycle: 8 (0%)
- Bicycle: 9 (0%)
- Walked: 52 (1%)
- Other means: 24 (0%)
- Worked at home: 363 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (54%)
- Electricity (27%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (18%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Towamencin township, Pennsylvania:
- 68 people in nursing homes
- 2 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 2 people in religious group quarters
90.6% of residents of Towamencin township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (63% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
3.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (66% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
3.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (33% speak English very well, 42% speak English well, 24% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (47% speak English very well, 44% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 17,530- In family households: 15,219 (3,981 male householders, 875 female householders)
4,249 spouses, 5,446 children (5,132 natural, 130 adopted, 184 stepchildren), 147 grandchildren, 58 brothers or sisters, 81 parents, 221 other relatives, 161 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,311 (638 male householders (493 living alone)), 1,378 female householders (1,268 living alone)), 295 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 71 (68 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,996 2-persons, 1,086 3-persons, 1,134 4-persons, 455 5-persons, 127 6-persons, 58 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,761 1-person, 223 2-persons, 27 3-persons, 5 4-persons,
3,685 married couples with children.
581 single-parent households (127 men, 454 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 463
Here: | 23.5% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 194
Here: | 20.7% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 173
Here: | 24.8% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |