West Caln township, Chester County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (55% naturalized citizens)
| West Caln township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
71% of West Caln township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 72% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 85% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6340
- Northeast: 221
- Midwest: 79
- South: 311
- West: 29
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $275,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.2%
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 West Caln township, Pennsylvania:
- 10 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 8 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,080
- One, attached: 25
- Two: 23
- 3 or 4: 13
- Mobile homes: 317
Median worth of mobile homes: $34,100
Housing units in West Caln township with a mortgage: 1,401 (152 second mortgage, 170 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 340
- Construction (19%)
- Metal and metal products (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (3%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Child care workers (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in West Caln township:
- German (23.5%)
- Irish (16.6%)
- Italian (13.1%)
- English (10.5%)
- United States or American (9.0%)
- Polish (4.1%)
- Pennsylvania German (2.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Trinidad and Tobago (25%)
- Canada (19%)
- United Kingdom (14%)
- Argentina (13%)
- Netherlands (11%)
- Ireland (9%)
- Indonesia (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,776 (80%)
- Carpooled: 415 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 36 (1%)
- Railroad: 13 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 8 (0%)
- Bicycle: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 18 (1%)
- Other means: 17 (0%)
- Worked at home: 198 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (48%)
- Electricity (25%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (18%)
- Wood (3%)
- Utility gas (3%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in West Caln township, Pennsylvania:
- 10 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 8 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
91.0% of residents of West Caln township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (76% speak English very well, 24% speak English well).
7.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,033- In family households: 6,523 (1,719 male householders, 266 female householders)
1,777 spouses, 2,479 children (2,398 natural, 7 adopted, 74 stepchildren), 65 grandchildren, 18 brothers or sisters, 69 parents, 64 other relatives, 66 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 510 (251 male householders (175 living alone)), 164 female householders (146 living alone)), 95 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 21 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 755 2-persons, 463 3-persons, 443 4-persons, 193 5-persons, 78 6-persons, 53 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 321 1-person, 94 2-persons,
1,641 married couples with children.
239 single-parent households (93 men, 146 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 196
| Here: | 20.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 37
| Here: | 9.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 40
| Here: | 27.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |