Upper Pottsgrove township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (36% naturalized citizens)
Upper Pottsgrove township: | 4.4% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
60% of Upper Pottsgrove township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 53% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3144
- Northeast: 310
- Midwest: 149
- South: 244
- West: 60
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,399
- One, attached: 23
- Two: 6
- 3 or 4: 7
- 5 to 9: 12
- Mobile homes: 12
Median worth of mobile homes: $65,000
Housing units in Upper Pottsgrove township with a mortgage: 914 (89 second mortgage, 180 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 293
- Construction (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (3%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (3%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (3%)
- Computer specialists (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Upper Pottsgrove township:
- German (27.7%)
- Italian (11.8%)
- Irish (10.5%)
- English (7.6%)
- Polish (5.1%)
- United States or American (4.8%)
- Pennsylvania German (3.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (27%)
- Mexico (17%)
- Ecuador (12%)
- Argentina (8%)
- Portugal (7%)
- Peru (6%)
- Germany (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,818 (85%)
- Carpooled: 215 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (0%)
- Railroad: 6 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 13 (1%)
- Other means: 5 (0%)
- Worked at home: 78 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (52%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Utility gas (19%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Wood (3%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
93.9% of residents of Upper Pottsgrove township speak English at home.
2.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (63% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
1.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (24% speak English well, 22% speak English not well, 54% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,102- In family households: 3,757 (942 male householders, 213 female householders)
1,027 spouses, 1,387 children (1,327 natural, 27 adopted, 33 stepchildren), 55 grandchildren, 16 brothers or sisters, 36 parents, 56 other relatives, 25 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 345 (136 male householders (93 living alone)), 129 female householders (112 living alone)), 80 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 433 2-persons, 240 3-persons, 290 4-persons, 120 5-persons, 47 6-persons, 25 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 205 1-person, 52 2-persons, 8 3-persons,
971 married couples with children.
119 single-parent households (40 men, 79 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 76
Here: | 12.6% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 16
Here: | 6.4% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 26
Here: | 27.4% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |