Upper Hanover township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (62% naturalized citizens)
| Upper Hanover township: | 1.2% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
78% of Upper Hanover township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 89% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4361
- Northeast: 195
- Midwest: 47
- South: 181
- West: 17
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
7 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,573
- One, attached: 89
- Two: 39
- 3 or 4: 13
- Mobile homes: 50
Median worth of mobile homes: $94,700
Housing units in Upper Hanover township with a mortgage: 899 (87 second mortgage, 263 home equity loan, 13 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 420
- Construction (14%)
- Chemicals (7%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Chemicals (7%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (7%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (6%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Upper Hanover township:
- German (44.4%)
- Irish (8.5%)
- Italian (6.9%)
- Polish (6.6%)
- United States or American (5.6%)
- English (5.3%)
- Pennsylvania German (3.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Poland (36%)
- Germany (17%)
- Austria (16%)
- Russia (12%)
- Hungary (10%)
- Ireland (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,309 (86%)
- Carpooled: 220 (8%)
- Motorcycle: 5 (0%)
- Bicycle: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 36 (1%)
- Other means: 23 (1%)
- Worked at home: 102 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (60%)
- Electricity (29%)
- Wood (4%)
- Coal or coke (4%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Utility gas (1%)
7 people in religious group quarters
96.8% of residents of Upper Hanover township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (48% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 34% speak English not well).
2.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (66% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,878- In family households: 4,488 (1,294 male householders, 157 female householders)
1,280 spouses, 1,530 children (1,426 natural, 26 adopted, 78 stepchildren), 59 grandchildren, 12 brothers or sisters, 32 parents, 51 other relatives, 73 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 390 (119 male householders (92 living alone)), 185 female householders (159 living alone)), 86 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 7 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 642 2-persons, 299 3-persons, 323 4-persons, 127 5-persons, 48 6-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 251 1-person, 43 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 4 6-persons,
1,021 married couples with children.
106 single-parent households (43 men, 63 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 47
| Here: | 8.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 23
| Here: | 6.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 74
| Here: | 55.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |