Springfield township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (82% naturalized citizens)
| Springfield township: | 4.4% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
77% of Springfield township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 72% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 64% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 20047
- Northeast: 1204
- Midwest: 393
- South: 693
- West: 192
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $139,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Springfield township, Pennsylvania:
- 144 people in nursing homes
- 19 people in religious group quarters
- 13 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 7 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 7,536
- One, attached: 673
- Two: 25
- 3 or 4: 390
- 5 to 9: 45
- 10 to 19: 7
- 20 to 49: 20
- 50 or more: 97
- Mobile homes: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $112,500
Housing units in Springfield township with a mortgage: 4,687 (417 second mortgage, 910 home equity loan, 14 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,024
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (11%)
- Construction (9%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Health care (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Chemicals (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Accountants and auditors (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Springfield township:
- Irish (31.1%)
- Italian (26.3%)
- German (10.1%)
- English (7.5%)
- Polish (4.7%)
- United States or American (2.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (12%)
- India (11%)
- Korea (10%)
- Canada (5%)
- United Kingdom (4%)
- France (4%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 9,221 (82%)
- Carpooled: 880 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 100 (1%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 22 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 152 (1%)
- Railroad: 261 (2%)
- Bicycle: 16 (0%)
- Walked: 171 (2%)
- Other means: 22 (0%)
- Worked at home: 381 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (74%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (20%)
- Electricity (5%)
People in group quarters in Springfield township, Pennsylvania:
- 144 people in nursing homes
- 19 people in religious group quarters
- 13 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 7 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
92.6% of residents of Springfield township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (63% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 23% speak English not well).
4.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (53% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (90% speak English very well, 10% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 23,495- In family households: 21,551 (5,569 male householders, 1,229 female householders)
5,853 spouses, 7,929 children (7,548 natural, 208 adopted, 173 stepchildren), 251 grandchildren, 110 brothers or sisters, 223 parents, 244 other relatives, 143 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,944 (636 male householders (542 living alone)), 1,157 female householders (1,115 living alone)), 151 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 182 (137 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,834 2-persons, 1,470 3-persons, 1,413 4-persons, 768 5-persons, 225 6-persons, 88 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,657 1-person, 122 2-persons, 14 3-persons,
4,907 married couples with children.
542 single-parent households (133 men, 409 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 746
| Here: | 27.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 437
| Here: | 29.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 422
| Here: | 41.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |