Highland township, Chester County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
Highland township: | 1.0% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
71% of Highland township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 52% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 909
- Northeast: 45
- Midwest: 32
- South: 107
- West: 6
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 387
- One, attached: 16
- Two: 9
- 3 or 4: 13
- Mobile homes: 34
Median worth of mobile homes: $21,300
Housing units in Highland township with a mortgage: 136 (19 second mortgage, 26 home equity loan, 1 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 85
- Construction (17%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Health care (3%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Health care (13%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Cashiers (6%)
- Customer service representatives (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Highland township:
- German (20.2%)
- Irish (17.4%)
- English (13.9%)
- United States or American (10.3%)
- Italian (5.3%)
- Pennsylvania German (5.1%)
- Scottish (4.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (91%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 528 (84%)
- Carpooled: 37 (6%)
- Railroad: 6 (1%)
- Walked: 12 (2%)
- Other means: 9 (1%)
- Worked at home: 40 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (64%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Utility gas (4%)
- Wood (3%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
93.2% of residents of Highland township speak English at home.
3.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (41% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 31% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
2.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 24% speak English well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,125- In family households: 992 (287 male householders, 43 female householders)
284 spouses, 339 children (319 natural, 4 adopted, 16 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 12 other relatives, 14 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 133 (47 male householders (33 living alone)), 63 female householders (54 living alone)), 23 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 144 2-persons, 79 3-persons, 60 4-persons, 29 5-persons, 12 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 87 1-person, 21 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
204 married couples with children.
34 single-parent households (8 men, 26 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 33
Here: | 24.3% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
Here: | 6.3% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1
Here: | 8.3% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |