Willistown township, Chester County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (73% naturalized citizens)
| Willistown township: | 4.6% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
67% of Willistown township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 34% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6765
- Northeast: 1214
- Midwest: 581
- South: 785
- West: 131
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Willistown township, Pennsylvania:
- 133 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 114 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 32 people in other group homes
- 21 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 15 people in religious group quarters
- 3 people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,951
- One, attached: 818
- Two: 6
- 3 or 4: 39
- 5 to 9: 21
- 10 to 19: 18
- 20 to 49: 64
- 50 or more: 15
Housing units in Willistown township with a mortgage: 2,207 (240 second mortgage, 343 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 964
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (14%)
- Finance and insurance (14%)
- Construction (9%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (2%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Social assistance (3%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (3%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (9%)
- Top executives (7%)
- Computer specialists (5%)
- Lawyers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Financial managers (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Willistown township:
- Irish (24.3%)
- German (16.4%)
- Italian (12.2%)
- English (11.6%)
- United States or American (4.1%)
- Scottish (3.4%)
- Polish (3.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (12%)
- United Kingdom (12%)
- Ireland (9%)
- Korea (5%)
- Iraq (5%)
- Hungary (5%)
- Portugal (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,001 (84%)
- Carpooled: 319 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 11 (0%)
- Railroad: 152 (3%)
- Walked: 54 (1%)
- Other means: 5 (0%)
- Worked at home: 243 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (46%)
- Electricity (26%)
- Utility gas (22%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Wood (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Willistown township, Pennsylvania:
- 133 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 114 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 32 people in other group homes
- 21 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 15 people in religious group quarters
- 3 people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped
92.9% of residents of Willistown township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (84% speak English very well, 16% speak English not well).
3.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (64% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (44% speak English very well, 56% speak English well).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (44% speak English very well, 34% speak English well, 22% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 9,692- In family households: 8,566 (2,283 male householders, 613 female householders)
2,510 spouses, 2,845 children (2,650 natural, 125 adopted, 70 stepchildren), 47 grandchildren, 41 brothers or sisters, 67 parents, 92 other relatives, 68 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,126 (424 male householders (333 living alone)), 513 female householders (457 living alone)), 189 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 319 (237 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,397 2-persons, 595 3-persons, 552 4-persons, 235 5-persons, 89 6-persons, 28 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 790 1-person, 126 2-persons, 15 3-persons, 6 4-persons,
1,940 married couples with children.
224 single-parent households (41 men, 183 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 288
| Here: | 28.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 255
| Here: | 45.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 112
| Here: | 40.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |