West Goshen township, Chester County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 6 (42% naturalized citizens)
| West Goshen township: | 5.9% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
59% of West Goshen township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 61% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 14489
- Northeast: 2161
- Midwest: 895
- South: 1252
- West: 343
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $117,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in West Goshen township, Pennsylvania:
- 192 people in nursing homes
- 37 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 12 people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
- 3 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 5,458
- One, attached: 492
- Two: 67
- 3 or 4: 73
- 5 to 9: 410
- 10 to 19: 345
- 20 to 49: 636
- 50 or more: 169
- Mobile homes: 53
Median worth of mobile homes: $34,100
Housing units in West Goshen township with a mortgage: 4,327 (393 second mortgage, 864 home equity loan, 35 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 982
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (13%)
- Construction (9%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Chemicals (5%)
- Health care (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Computer specialists (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Top executives (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in West Goshen township:
- Irish (25.4%)
- German (15.0%)
- Italian (14.5%)
- English (7.9%)
- Polish (4.1%)
- United States or American (4.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- India (21%)
- United Kingdom (8%)
- Vietnam (7%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (6%)
- Italy (5%)
- Canada (5%)
- Ireland (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 9,433 (85%)
- Carpooled: 764 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 48 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 22 (0%)
- Railroad: 149 (1%)
- Walked: 153 (1%)
- Other means: 41 (0%)
- Worked at home: 456 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (38%)
- Utility gas (38%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in West Goshen township, Pennsylvania:
- 192 people in nursing homes
- 37 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 12 people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
- 3 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
92.7% of residents of West Goshen township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
3.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
2.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (67% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (81% speak English very well, 19% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 20,253- In family households: 17,623 (4,510 male householders, 1,001 female householders)
4,717 spouses, 6,541 children (6,225 natural, 134 adopted, 182 stepchildren), 133 grandchildren, 89 brothers or sisters, 163 parents, 226 other relatives, 243 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 2,630 (944 male householders (640 living alone)), 1,109 female householders (940 living alone)), 577 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 242 (219 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,081 2-persons, 1,251 3-persons, 1,384 4-persons, 579 5-persons, 181 6-persons, 35 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,580 1-person, 404 2-persons, 61 3-persons, 8 4-persons,
4,701 married couples with children.
500 single-parent households (117 men, 383 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 463
| Here: | 18.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 266
| Here: | 24.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 119
| Here: | 17.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |