Marple township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 11 (70% naturalized citizens)
| Marple township: | 10.8% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
74% of Marple township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 18371
- Northeast: 1383
- Midwest: 496
- South: 640
- West: 110
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $162,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
People in group quarters in Marple township, Pennsylvania:
- 601 people in nursing homes
- 223 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 44 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 39 people in religious group quarters
- 34 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 29 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 6,991
- One, attached: 426
- Two: 203
- 3 or 4: 259
- 5 to 9: 134
- 10 to 19: 143
- 20 to 49: 294
- 50 or more: 347
Housing units in Marple township with a mortgage: 4,222 (578 second mortgage, 611 home equity loan, 25 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,688
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Construction (9%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Health care (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Business operations specialists (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Marple township:
- Italian (24.6%)
- Irish (23.3%)
- German (11.2%)
- English (5.6%)
- Greek (3.8%)
- United States or American (3.3%)
- Russian (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (20%)
- Italy (14%)
- Greece (11%)
- Ireland (6%)
- India (5%)
- Germany (4%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 8,980 (82%)
- Carpooled: 1,110 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 71 (1%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 6 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 164 (1%)
- Railroad: 114 (1%)
- Walked: 141 (1%)
- Other means: 26 (0%)
- Worked at home: 382 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (61%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (27%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
People in group quarters in Marple township, Pennsylvania:
- 601 people in nursing homes
- 223 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 44 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 39 people in religious group quarters
- 34 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 29 people in other nonhousehold living situations
84.3% of residents of Marple township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (80% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
10.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
4.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (35% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 26% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (70% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 22,776- In family households: 20,253 (5,445 male householders, 998 female householders)
5,586 spouses, 7,252 children (6,988 natural, 124 adopted, 140 stepchildren), 225 grandchildren, 193 brothers or sisters, 211 parents, 215 other relatives, 128 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,523 (704 male householders (561 living alone)), 1,477 female householders (1,376 living alone)), 342 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 961 (662 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,653 2-persons, 1,433 3-persons, 1,416 4-persons, 652 5-persons, 230 6-persons, 59 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,937 1-person, 216 2-persons, 13 3-persons, 6 4-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
4,406 married couples with children.
478 single-parent households (107 men, 371 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,091
| Here: | 42.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 403
| Here: | 30.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 482
| Here: | 48.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |