Upper Uwchlan township, Chester County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (52% naturalized citizens)
Upper Uwchlan township: | 4.4% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
62% of Upper Uwchlan township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 42% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 57% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4328
- Northeast: 1038
- Midwest: 494
- South: 510
- West: 112
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $225,000
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: 0.1% of all households
4 people in homes for the mentally ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,880
- One, attached: 234
- Two: 7
- 3 or 4: 8
- 5 to 9: 13
- 10 to 19: 17
- Mobile homes: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $85,000
Housing units in Upper Uwchlan township with a mortgage: 1,732 (114 second mortgage, 349 home equity loan, 9 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 151
- Educational services (39%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Construction (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Health care (3%)
- Chemicals (2%)
- Educational services (36%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Health care (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Food and beverage stores (2%)
- Postsecondary teachers (18%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Engineers (3%)
- Waiters and waitresses (3%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (3%)
- Life and physical scientists (3%)
- Postsecondary teachers (9%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Upper Uwchlan township:
- German (22.3%)
- Irish (21.4%)
- Italian (14.2%)
- English (8.8%)
- Polish (5.3%)
- United States or American (3.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (14%)
- Italy (14%)
- Germany (9%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (7%)
- Iran (7%)
- Canada (7%)
- India (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,965 (84%)
- Carpooled: 204 (6%)
- Railroad: 98 (3%)
- Walked: 35 (1%)
- Other means: 38 (1%)
- Worked at home: 181 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (40%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (31%)
- Utility gas (17%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%)
- Wood (1%)
4 people in homes for the mentally ill
94.2% of residents of Upper Uwchlan township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
3.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (84% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (84% speak English very well, 16% speak English well).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (82% speak English very well, 18% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,846- In family households: 6,468 (1,621 male householders, 238 female householders)
1,690 spouses, 2,748 children (2,585 natural, 118 adopted, 45 stepchildren), 36 grandchildren, 17 brothers or sisters, 29 parents, 37 other relatives, 52 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 378 (128 male householders (76 living alone)), 155 female householders (131 living alone)), 95 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 4 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 515 2-persons, 409 3-persons, 562 4-persons, 279 5-persons, 83 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 207 1-person, 48 2-persons, 28 3-persons,
2,250 married couples with children.
120 single-parent households (29 men, 91 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 205
Here: | 17.8% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 56
Here: | 13.7% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 101
Here: | 50.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |