Abington township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 7 (61% naturalized citizens)
Abington township: | 7.1% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
70% of Abington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 49% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 42885
- Northeast: 4001
- Midwest: 1448
- South: 2538
- West: 870
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $117,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Abington township, Pennsylvania:
- 608 people in nursing homes
- 112 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 75 people in religious group quarters
- 69 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 64 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 50 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 6 people in job corps and vocational training facilities
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 15,876
- One, attached: 1,772
- Two: 816
- 3 or 4: 609
- 5 to 9: 483
- 10 to 19: 782
- 20 to 49: 352
- 50 or more: 1,652
- Mobile homes: 25
Median worth of mobile homes: $37,500
Housing units in Abington township with a mortgage: 10,487 (1,032 second mortgage, 1,542 home equity loan, 76 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 5,493
- Construction (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Health care (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Health care (23%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Abington township:
- Irish (21.2%)
- German (14.7%)
- Italian (11.8%)
- English (6.7%)
- United States or American (4.7%)
- Russian (4.1%)
- Polish (4.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (17%)
- Italy (11%)
- Ukraine (6%)
- Germany (6%)
- United Kingdom (6%)
- India (5%)
- Canada (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 21,552 (77%)
- Carpooled: 2,397 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 456 (2%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 13 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 138 (0%)
- Railroad: 1,235 (4%)
- Taxi: 6 (0%)
- Bicycle: 49 (0%)
- Walked: 939 (3%)
- Other means: 112 (0%)
- Worked at home: 942 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (67%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (20%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Abington township, Pennsylvania:
- 608 people in nursing homes
- 112 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 75 people in religious group quarters
- 69 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 64 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 50 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 6 people in job corps and vocational training facilities
90.7% of residents of Abington township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
4.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
2.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (44% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 23% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (84% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 55,112- In family households: 47,585 (11,823 male householders, 3,394 female householders)
12,473 spouses, 17,000 children (15,981 natural, 505 adopted, 514 stepchildren), 879 grandchildren, 397 brothers or sisters, 405 parents, 558 other relatives, 656 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 7,527 (2,349 male householders (1,876 living alone)), 4,141 female householders (3,733 living alone)), 1,037 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 991 (674 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 6,580 2-persons, 3,277 3-persons, 3,175 4-persons, 1,493 5-persons, 475 6-persons, 217 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 5,609 1-person, 748 2-persons, 112 3-persons, 21 4-persons,
10,606 married couples with children.
1,661 single-parent households (315 men, 1,346 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,576
Here: | 25.3% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 665
Here: | 21.1% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 846
Here: | 40.9% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |