Lower Pottsgrove township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (66% naturalized citizens)
| Lower Pottsgrove township: | 1.5% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
58% of Lower Pottsgrove township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 67% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 9109
- Northeast: 860
- Midwest: 305
- South: 578
- West: 240
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $69,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.3%
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 Lower Pottsgrove township, Pennsylvania:
- 119 people in nursing homes
- 62 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 4 people in homes for the physically handicapped
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,659
- One, attached: 960
- Two: 44
- 3 or 4: 32
- 5 to 9: 183
- 10 to 19: 15
- 20 to 49: 17
- 50 or more: 5
- Mobile homes: 189
Median worth of mobile homes: $14,800
Housing units in Lower Pottsgrove township with a mortgage: 2,421 (262 second mortgage, 447 home equity loan, 23 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 625
- Construction (11%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Personal and laundry services (3%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lower Pottsgrove township:
- German (25.2%)
- Italian (15.0%)
- Irish (13.9%)
- Polish (6.0%)
- English (5.6%)
- Dutch (3.6%)
- United States or American (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (12%)
- United Kingdom (12%)
- Korea (12%)
- Germany (8%)
- Austria (8%)
- Egypt (7%)
- Japan (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,756 (86%)
- Carpooled: 542 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 22 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 6 (0%)
- Railroad: 6 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 39 (1%)
- Other means: 27 (0%)
- Worked at home: 140 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (44%)
- Electricity (27%)
- Utility gas (23%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Lower Pottsgrove township, Pennsylvania:
- 119 people in nursing homes
- 62 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 4 people in homes for the physically handicapped
96.6% of residents of Lower Pottsgrove township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (13% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 66% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (86% speak English very well, 14% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (64% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (87% speak English very well, 13% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 11,106- In family households: 10,075 (2,415 male householders, 785 female householders)
2,544 spouses, 3,770 children (3,592 natural, 33 adopted, 145 stepchildren), 131 grandchildren, 53 brothers or sisters, 82 parents, 111 other relatives, 184 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,031 (377 male householders (301 living alone)), 519 female householders (493 living alone)), 135 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 195 (80 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,216 2-persons, 782 3-persons, 688 4-persons, 323 5-persons, 187 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 794 1-person, 94 2-persons, 8 4-persons,
2,323 married couples with children.
722 single-parent households (108 men, 614 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 224
| Here: | 14.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 93
| Here: | 13.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 101
| Here: | 34.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |