Charlestown township, Chester County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (65% naturalized citizens)
| Charlestown township: | 4.3% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
46% of Charlestown township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 27% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 66% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2537
- Northeast: 604
- Midwest: 247
- South: 337
- West: 122
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $450,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in Charlestown township, Pennsylvania:
- 358 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 19 people in nursing homes
- 9 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 2 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,105
- One, attached: 254
- Two: 7
- 5 to 9: 18
- Mobile homes: 13
Median worth of mobile homes: $407,100
Housing units in Charlestown township with a mortgage: 909 (93 second mortgage, 93 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 218
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (17%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Construction (9%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Health care (6%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Health care (13%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (3%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Top executives (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Computer specialists (8%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Lawyers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Charlestown township:
- Irish (19.7%)
- German (17.1%)
- Italian (15.0%)
- English (12.1%)
- United States or American (3.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.3%)
- Polish (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (18%)
- Iran (16%)
- Ireland (12%)
- Korea (11%)
- Poland (9%)
- Germany (7%)
- Canada (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,532 (77%)
- Carpooled: 160 (8%)
- Subway or elevated: 7 (0%)
- Railroad: 61 (3%)
- Walked: 30 (2%)
- Other means: 5 (0%)
- Worked at home: 195 (10%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (46%)
- Utility gas (32%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Charlestown township, Pennsylvania:
- 358 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 19 people in nursing homes
- 9 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 2 people in other nonhousehold living situations
95.0% of residents of Charlestown township speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (88% speak English very well, 12% speak English well).
2.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 6% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).
1.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (61% speak English very well, 39% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,663- In family households: 3,281 (870 male householders, 140 female householders)
995 spouses, 1,226 children (1,194 natural, 12 adopted, 20 stepchildren), 4 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 17 parents, 8 other relatives, 21 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 382 (162 male householders (133 living alone)), 162 female householders (133 living alone)), 58 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 388 (22 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 395 2-persons, 195 3-persons, 241 4-persons, 127 5-persons, 31 6-persons, 21 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 266 1-person, 58 2-persons,
950 married couples with children.
69 single-parent households (12 men, 57 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 64
| Here: | 12.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 42
| Here: | 21.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 307
| Here: | 69.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |