West Brandywine township, Chester County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (36% naturalized citizens)
| West Brandywine township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
64% of West 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, 67% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5705
- Northeast: 609
- Midwest: 250
- South: 469
- West: 52
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $76,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
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
62 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,993
- One, attached: 25
- 3 or 4: 26
- 20 to 49: 9
- 50 or more: 250
- Mobile homes: 314
Median worth of mobile homes: $21,600
Housing units in West Brandywine township with a mortgage: 1,404 (164 second mortgage, 280 home equity loan, 14 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 362
- Construction (13%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Health care (13%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Food (4%)
- Computer specialists (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Bus drivers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in West Brandywine township:
- Irish (20.6%)
- German (18.3%)
- United States or American (15.1%)
- Italian (14.0%)
- English (8.3%)
- Polish (3.4%)
- Scottish (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Egypt (29%)
- United Kingdom (26%)
- Poland (25%)
- Australia (10%)
- Canada (10%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,978 (85%)
- Carpooled: 305 (9%)
- Motorcycle: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 8 (0%)
- Other means: 54 (2%)
- Worked at home: 143 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (43%)
- Electricity (30%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Utility gas (12%)
- Wood (1%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
62 people in nursing homes
96.8% of residents of West Brandywine township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (57% speak English very well, 43% speak English not well).
2.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (96% speak English very well, 4% speak English well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (36% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 36% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,100- In family households: 6,484 (1,671 male householders, 361 female householders)
1,721 spouses, 2,381 children (2,227 natural, 10 adopted, 144 stepchildren), 80 grandchildren, 31 brothers or sisters, 56 parents, 103 other relatives, 80 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 616 (192 male householders (148 living alone)), 326 female householders (296 living alone)), 98 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 62 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 779 2-persons, 496 3-persons, 443 4-persons, 221 5-persons, 58 6-persons, 35 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 444 1-person, 74 2-persons,
1,627 married couples with children.
208 single-parent households (64 men, 144 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 200
| Here: | 22.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 93
| Here: | 24.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 48
| Here: | 21.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |