Whitpain township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 10 (51% naturalized citizens)
Whitpain township: | 9.7% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
62% of Whitpain township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 49% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 12716
- Northeast: 2048
- Midwest: 839
- South: 923
- West: 263
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $323,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.1%
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 Whitpain township, Pennsylvania:
- 99 people in nursing homes
- 74 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 5 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 2 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,364
- One, attached: 1,832
- Two: 99
- 3 or 4: 86
- 5 to 9: 193
- 10 to 19: 250
- 20 to 49: 90
- 50 or more: 396
- Mobile homes: 17
Median worth of mobile homes: $202,800
Housing units in Whitpain township with a mortgage: 3,742 (394 second mortgage, 596 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,347
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (15%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Construction (8%)
- Health care (7%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Top executives (6%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers (4%)
- Lawyers (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Whitpain township:
- Irish (17.8%)
- Italian (16.0%)
- German (15.0%)
- English (6.4%)
- United States or American (4.8%)
- Polish (4.8%)
- Russian (4.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (25%)
- Canada (10%)
- United Kingdom (8%)
- India (7%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (7%)
- Germany (6%)
- Italy (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 7,913 (83%)
- Carpooled: 679 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 11 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 28 (0%)
- Railroad: 261 (3%)
- Taxi: 6 (0%)
- Bicycle: 35 (0%)
- Walked: 97 (1%)
- Other means: 14 (0%)
- Worked at home: 443 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (50%)
- Electricity (25%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (23%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Whitpain township, Pennsylvania:
- 99 people in nursing homes
- 74 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 5 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 2 people in religious group quarters
87.7% of residents of Whitpain township speak English at home.
2.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (80% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
4.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
5.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (52% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 23% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (74% speak English very well, 26% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 18,524- In family households: 16,242 (4,312 male householders, 873 female householders)
4,775 spouses, 5,758 children (5,547 natural, 120 adopted, 91 stepchildren), 101 grandchildren, 63 brothers or sisters, 99 parents, 158 other relatives, 103 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,282 (759 male householders (586 living alone)), 1,114 female householders (961 living alone)), 409 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 179 (109 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,153 2-persons, 1,101 3-persons, 1,272 4-persons, 480 5-persons, 151 6-persons, 28 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,547 1-person, 263 2-persons, 39 3-persons, 18 4-persons, 6 5-persons,
4,040 married couples with children.
414 single-parent households (92 men, 322 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 521
Here: | 22.8% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 374
Here: | 34.8% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 198
Here: | 35.9% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |