Montgomery township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (28% naturalized citizens)
| Montgomery township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
53% of Montgomery township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 45% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3442
- Northeast: 75
- Midwest: 245
- South: 165
- West: 91
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $40,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.0%
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
People in group quarters in Montgomery township, Pennsylvania:
- 200 people in nursing homes
- 69 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 10 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 2 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,411
- One, attached: 19
- Two: 28
- 3 or 4: 23
- 5 to 9: 66
- 10 to 19: 9
- 20 to 49: 3
- Mobile homes: 568
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 25
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,300
Housing units in Montgomery township with a mortgage: 412 (14 second mortgage, 38 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 251
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Chemicals (8%)
- Construction (7%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Health care (14%)
- Finance and insurance (12%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Chemicals (7%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (10%)
- Computer specialists (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Montgomery township:
- German (21.7%)
- Irish (14.3%)
- United States or American (12.9%)
- English (12.5%)
- French (except Basque) (6.8%)
- Polish (4.3%)
- Dutch (3.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (40%)
- Mexico (28%)
- Canada (28%)
- Germany (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,262 (74%)
- Carpooled: 294 (17%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 2 (0%)
- Bicycle: 5 (0%)
- Walked: 39 (2%)
- Other means: 12 (1%)
- Worked at home: 78 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (50%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (36%)
- Wood (6%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
People in group quarters in Montgomery township, Pennsylvania:
- 200 people in nursing homes
- 69 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 10 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 2 people in other nonhousehold living situations
97.1% of residents of Montgomery township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (62% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 24% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,063- In family households: 3,556 (874 male householders, 237 female householders)
806 spouses, 1,226 children (1,100 natural, 12 adopted, 114 stepchildren), 139 grandchildren, 38 brothers or sisters, 17 parents, 55 other relatives, 164 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 507 (214 male householders (167 living alone)), 200 female householders (176 living alone)), 93 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 14 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 469 2-persons, 211 3-persons, 240 4-persons, 122 5-persons, 27 6-persons, 42 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 343 1-person, 64 2-persons, 3 3-persons, 2 4-persons, 2 5-persons,
5,610 married couples with children.
399 single-parent households (94 men, 305 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 8
| Here: | 1.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
| Here: | 3.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 10
| Here: | 13.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |