Schuylkill township, Chester County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 7 (52% naturalized citizens)
| Schuylkill township: | 7.0% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
55% of Schuylkill township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 38% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 59% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4721
- Northeast: 829
- Midwest: 365
- South: 391
- West: 68
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $151,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
People in group quarters in Schuylkill township, Pennsylvania:
- 210 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 49 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 26 people in religious group quarters
- 14 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 9 people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,158
- One, attached: 179
- Two: 42
- 3 or 4: 9
- 5 to 9: 21
- 10 to 19: 18
- 20 to 49: 34
- 50 or more: 8
- Mobile homes: 183
Median worth of mobile homes: $15,100
Housing units in Schuylkill township with a mortgage: 1,575 (130 second mortgage, 159 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 456
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (16%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Construction (6%)
- Health care (4%)
- Chemicals (3%)
- Radio, TV, and computer stores (3%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (13%)
- Health care (12%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (6%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (8%)
- Computer specialists (7%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Lawyers (4%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Computer specialists (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Schuylkill township:
- German (20.6%)
- Irish (19.8%)
- Italian (13.1%)
- English (9.1%)
- Polish (7.1%)
- United States or American (5.1%)
- Scottish (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (15%)
- Philippines (13%)
- Vietnam (11%)
- Argentina (8%)
- India (6%)
- Canada (6%)
- Germany (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,876 (82%)
- Carpooled: 200 (6%)
- Subway or elevated: 31 (1%)
- Railroad: 89 (3%)
- Walked: 64 (2%)
- Other means: 56 (2%)
- Worked at home: 184 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (45%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (45%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
People in group quarters in Schuylkill township, Pennsylvania:
- 210 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 49 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 26 people in religious group quarters
- 14 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 9 people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
91.0% of residents of Schuylkill township speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (88% speak English very well, 12% speak English not well).
4.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
2.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (52% speak English very well, 34% speak English well, 13% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,651- In family households: 6,028 (1,654 male householders, 358 female householders)
1,869 spouses, 1,948 children (1,869 natural, 38 adopted, 41 stepchildren), 59 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 19 parents, 68 other relatives, 43 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 623 (303 male householders (242 living alone)), 240 female householders (216 living alone)), 80 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 309 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 926 2-persons, 434 3-persons, 392 4-persons, 187 5-persons, 66 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 458 1-person, 85 2-persons,
1,414 married couples with children.
139 single-parent households (52 men, 87 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 287
| Here: | 37.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 66
| Here: | 23.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 231
| Here: | 78.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |