New Hanover township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (81% naturalized citizens)
| New Hanover township: | 3.4% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
74% of New Hanover township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 84% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6240
- Northeast: 435
- Midwest: 124
- South: 195
- West: 62
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $187,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
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 New Hanover township, Pennsylvania:
- 6 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 3 people in religious group quarters
- 3 people in job corps and vocational training facilities
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,357
- One, attached: 109
- Two: 48
- 3 or 4: 56
- 5 to 9: 8
- Mobile homes: 55
Median worth of mobile homes: $25,300
Housing units in New Hanover township with a mortgage: 1,560 (62 second mortgage, 319 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 509
- Construction (15%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Health care (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Chemicals (3%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in New Hanover township:
- German (29.2%)
- Italian (15.9%)
- Irish (14.2%)
- Polish (8.7%)
- English (5.8%)
- United States or American (4.7%)
- Pennsylvania German (3.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (19%)
- Germany (16%)
- Cuba (12%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (12%)
- Ireland (8%)
- France (6%)
- Other Eastern Europe (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,228 (84%)
- Carpooled: 361 (9%)
- Motorcycle: 13 (0%)
- Walked: 57 (1%)
- Other means: 7 (0%)
- Worked at home: 176 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (49%)
- Electricity (29%)
- Utility gas (15%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Wood (2%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
People in group quarters in New Hanover township, Pennsylvania:
- 6 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 3 people in religious group quarters
- 3 people in job corps and vocational training facilities
95.6% of residents of New Hanover township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 21% speak English not well).
2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 3% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (62% speak English well, 38% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,355- In family households: 6,916 (1,872 male householders, 326 female householders)
1,921 spouses, 2,466 children (2,301 natural, 62 adopted, 103 stepchildren), 69 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 81 parents, 69 other relatives, 103 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 439 (193 male householders (145 living alone)), 175 female householders (162 living alone)), 71 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 12 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 841 2-persons, 505 3-persons, 533 4-persons, 243 5-persons, 43 6-persons, 33 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 307 1-person, 61 2-persons,
1,793 married couples with children.
148 single-parent households (60 men, 88 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 206
| Here: | 19.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 102
| Here: | 20.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 107
| Here: | 46.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |