East Brandywine township, Chester County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (52% naturalized citizens)
| East Brandywine township: | 2.9% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
74% of East Brandywine township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 66% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4383
- Northeast: 529
- Midwest: 296
- South: 352
- West: 72
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
23 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,669
- One, attached: 254
- Two: 14
- 3 or 4: 52
- Mobile homes: 46
Median worth of mobile homes: $37,100
Housing units in East Brandywine township with a mortgage: 1,329 (161 second mortgage, 308 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 257
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (15%)
- Construction (9%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Health care (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Health care (14%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (7%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in East Brandywine township:
- Italian (19.9%)
- German (19.3%)
- Irish (15.9%)
- English (8.0%)
- United States or American (7.1%)
- Scottish (3.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (32%)
- Germany (16%)
- India (13%)
- Other Northern Europe (11%)
- Canada (5%)
- Russia (5%)
- Argentina (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,843 (86%)
- Carpooled: 215 (7%)
- Railroad: 51 (2%)
- Walked: 26 (1%)
- Other means: 16 (0%)
- Worked at home: 141 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (52%)
- Electricity (33%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Wood (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
23 people in homes for the mentally retarded
97.2% of residents of East Brandywine township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (90% speak English very well, 10% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,798- In family households: 5,377 (1,357 male householders, 294 female householders)
1,451 spouses, 2,102 children (1,979 natural, 75 adopted, 48 stepchildren), 37 grandchildren, 34 brothers or sisters, 49 parents, 37 other relatives, 16 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 421 (171 male householders (132 living alone)), 181 female householders (160 living alone)), 69 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 24 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 621 2-persons, 370 3-persons, 388 4-persons, 187 5-persons, 40 6-persons, 45 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 292 1-person, 60 2-persons,
1,410 married couples with children.
210 single-parent households (62 men, 148 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 183
| Here: | 19.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 52
| Here: | 11.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 51
| Here: | 39.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |