East Nantmeal township, Chester County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 7 (14% naturalized citizens)
| East Nantmeal township: | 7.0% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
65% of East Nantmeal township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 51% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1158
- Northeast: 219
- Midwest: 97
- South: 97
- West: 74
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $187,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
153 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
74 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 547
- One, attached: 11
- Two: 4
- 3 or 4: 13
- Mobile homes: 12
Median worth of mobile homes: $45,000
Housing units in East Nantmeal township with a mortgage: 276 (27 second mortgage, 50 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 91
- Construction (18%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (12%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Health care (3%)
- Metal and metal products (3%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (12%)
- Health care (11%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Construction (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (13%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (8%)
- Top executives (7%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (4%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Art and design workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in East Nantmeal township:
- German (23.2%)
- English (16.2%)
- Irish (13.9%)
- United States or American (9.9%)
- Italian (9.7%)
- European (2.7%)
- Polish (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (50%)
- United Kingdom (18%)
- Other Western Europe (8%)
- Netherlands (6%)
- Other South Central Asia (5%)
- Turkey (5%)
- Mexico (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 639 (77%)
- Carpooled: 58 (7%)
- Subway or elevated: 2 (0%)
- Railroad: 6 (1%)
- Motorcycle: 4 (0%)
- Walked: 16 (2%)
- Worked at home: 100 (12%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (51%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (21%)
- Electricity (21%)
- Wood (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
153 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
74 people in homes for the mentally retarded
93.9% of residents of East Nantmeal township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (46% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 38% speak English not well).
4.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (51% speak English very well, 49% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,559- In family households: 1,410 (393 male householders, 55 female householders)
427 spouses, 501 children (486 natural, 2 adopted, 13 stepchildren), 15 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 2 other relatives, 11 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 149 (54 male householders (36 living alone)), 61 female householders (53 living alone)), 34 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 228 (143 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 195 2-persons, 84 3-persons, 107 4-persons, 46 5-persons, 14 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 89 1-person, 23 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
395 married couples with children.
20 single-parent households (6 men, 14 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 77
| Here: | 29.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 54
| Here: | 45.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 13
| Here: | 48.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |