London Britain township, Chester County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (39% naturalized citizens)
London Britain township: | 4.5% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
78% of London Britain township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 22% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 21% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 913
- Northeast: 401
- Midwest: 121
- South: 1177
- West: 41
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 941
- Two: 16
- 3 or 4: 16
- 5 to 9: 6
Housing units in London Britain township with a mortgage: 678 (55 second mortgage, 157 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 152
- Metal and metal products (14%)
- Food (12%)
- Construction (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Wood products (7%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (25%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Health care (8%)
- Social assistance (8%)
- Construction (6%)
- Food (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (14%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (14%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (7%)
- Plant and system operators (7%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (14%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (11%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (8%)
- Waiters and waitresses (8%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
Most common first ancestries reported in London Britain township:
- German (18.8%)
- Irish (17.3%)
- English (13.0%)
- Italian (13.0%)
- Polish (7.5%)
- United States or American (6.8%)
- French (except Basque) (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Northern Europe (14%)
- Mexico (14%)
- Germany (13%)
- Spain (9%)
- Other Western Europe (7%)
- Canada (7%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,187 (83%)
- Carpooled: 111 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 8 (1%)
- Railroad: 7 (0%)
- Bicycle: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 13 (1%)
- Worked at home: 106 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (45%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (28%)
- Electricity (23%)
- Wood (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
94.7% of residents of London Britain township speak English at home.
2.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (56% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 18% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (54% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 25% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,797- In family households: 2,633 (718 male householders, 101 female householders)
775 spouses, 936 children (907 natural, 20 adopted, 9 stepchildren), 51 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 21 other relatives, 21 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 164 (70 male householders (57 living alone)), 61 female householders (46 living alone)), 33 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 331 2-persons, 178 3-persons, 201 4-persons, 79 5-persons, 23 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 103 1-person, 21 2-persons, 7 3-persons,
713 married couples with children.
56 single-parent households (24 men, 32 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 103
Here: | 24.2% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 44
Here: | 22.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
Here: | 12.5% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |