Upper Oxford township, Chester County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (77% naturalized citizens)
Upper Oxford township: | 1.9% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
65% of Upper Oxford township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% 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: 1496
- Northeast: 103
- Midwest: 52
- South: 364
- West: 24
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $88,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 671
- One, attached: 16
- Two: 9
- Mobile homes: 47
Median worth of mobile homes: $86,300
Housing units in Upper Oxford township with a mortgage: 374 (41 second mortgage, 67 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 97
- Construction (12%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Health care (23%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Upper Oxford township:
- German (20.6%)
- Irish (15.1%)
- English (11.2%)
- United States or American (9.1%)
- Italian (7.9%)
- Polish (4.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (41%)
- Korea (13%)
- Taiwan (10%)
- Colombia (10%)
- United Kingdom (8%)
- Jordan (8%)
- Germany (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 851 (77%)
- Carpooled: 111 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 3 (0%)
- Railroad: 11 (1%)
- Walked: 28 (3%)
- Other means: 4 (0%)
- Worked at home: 91 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (53%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (23%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Wood (6%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
91.0% of residents of Upper Oxford township speak English at home.
2.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (47% speak English very well, 43% speak English well, 10% don't speak English at all).
5.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (45% speak English very well, 49% speak English well, 2% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English very well, 13% 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: 2,091- In family households: 1,929 (506 male householders, 78 female householders)
537 spouses, 728 children (680 natural, 24 adopted, 24 stepchildren), 24 grandchildren, 14 brothers or sisters, 15 parents, 15 other relatives, 12 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 162 (72 male householders (53 living alone)), 61 female householders (49 living alone)), 29 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 4 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 222 2-persons, 146 3-persons, 117 4-persons, 64 5-persons, 21 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 102 1-person, 31 2-persons,
543 married couples with children.
46 single-parent households (11 men, 35 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 65
Here: | 23.8% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 10
Here: | 8.1% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 10
Here: | 20.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |