Upper Merion township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 11 (42% naturalized citizens)
Upper Merion township: | 11.5% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
60% of Upper Merion township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 41% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 62% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 17875
- Northeast: 2868
- Midwest: 1183
- South: 1257
- West: 398
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $140,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
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
People in group quarters in Upper Merion township, Pennsylvania:
- 182 people in nursing homes
- 15 people in religious group quarters
- 4 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 6,510
- One, attached: 1,592
- Two: 75
- 3 or 4: 276
- 5 to 9: 233
- 10 to 19: 359
- 20 to 49: 551
- 50 or more: 2,512
- Mobile homes: 17
Median worth of mobile homes: $177,100
Housing units in Upper Merion township with a mortgage: 4,737 (343 second mortgage, 728 home equity loan, 40 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,221
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (15%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Construction (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (13%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (12%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Computer specialists (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Engineers (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Upper Merion township:
- Italian (16.4%)
- Irish (15.6%)
- German (13.5%)
- Polish (7.0%)
- English (6.5%)
- United States or American (3.7%)
- Russian (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (24%)
- Philippines (8%)
- Italy (7%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (6%)
- Korea (6%)
- United Kingdom (4%)
- Vietnam (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 12,801 (83%)
- Carpooled: 1,214 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 150 (1%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 12 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 35 (0%)
- Railroad: 334 (2%)
- Taxi: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 102 (1%)
- Other means: 80 (1%)
- Worked at home: 645 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (52%)
- Electricity (29%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (18%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Upper Merion township, Pennsylvania:
- 182 people in nursing homes
- 15 people in religious group quarters
- 4 people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
85.7% of residents of Upper Merion township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (80% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
7.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
4.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (64% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (48% speak English very well, 52% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 26,647- In family households: 21,081 (5,884 male householders, 1,248 female householders)
6,307 spouses, 6,601 children (6,179 natural, 170 adopted, 252 stepchildren), 182 grandchildren, 167 brothers or sisters, 181 parents, 281 other relatives, 230 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 5,566 (2,151 male householders (1,556 living alone)), 2,212 female householders (1,825 living alone)), 1,203 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 197 (182 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 3,406 2-persons, 1,728 3-persons, 1,292 4-persons, 477 5-persons, 192 6-persons, 37 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 3,381 1-person, 804 2-persons, 127 3-persons, 32 4-persons, 13 5-persons, 6 6-persons,
4,046 married couples with children.
646 single-parent households (172 men, 474 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 419
Here: | 18.6% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 223
Here: | 20.4% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 225
Here: | 31.3% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |