Chester Township, PA

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4213272, place: Chester Township CDP, Pennsylvania)

Total Population: 4,604
Male: 2,110 (45.83%)
Female: 2,494 (54.17%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 384 (8.34%)
5 to 9 years: 478 (10.38%)
10 to 14 years: 462 (10.03%)
15 to 19 years: 332 (7.21%)
20 to 24 years: 262 (5.69%)
25 to 34 years: 617 (13.4%)
35 to 44 years: 741 (16.09%)
45 to 54 years: 582 (12.64%)
55 to 59 years: 239 (5.19%)
60 to 64 years: 163 (3.54%)
65 to 74 years: 197 (4.28%)
75 to 84 years: 116 (2.52%)
85 years and over: 31 (0.67%)

Median age: 31.7 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 3,051 (66.27%)
21 years and over: 2,892 (62.81%)
62 years and over: 428 (9.3%)
65 years and over: 344 (7.47%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 3,051 (66.27%)
--Male: 1,314 (28.54%)
--Female: 1,737 (37.73%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 344 (7.47%)
--Male: 129 (2.8%)
--Female: 215 (4.67%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 4,506 (97.87%)
--White: 1,022 (22.2%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 95 (2.06%)
--Black or African American: 3,376 (73.33%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 12 (0.26%)
--Asian: 27 (0.59%)
----Asian Indian: 13 (0.28%)
----Chinese: 1 (0.02%)
----Filipino: 3 (0.07%)
----Japanese: 1 (0.02%)
----Korean: 0 (0%)
----Vietnamese: 5 (0.11%)
----Other Asian: 4 (0.09%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 1 (0.02%)
----Native Hawaiian: 0 (0%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 0 (0%)
----Samoan: 0 (0%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 1 (0.02%)
--Some other race: 44 (0.96%)
Two or more Races: 98 (2.13%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 95 (2.06%)
--Mexican: 30 (0.65%)
--Puerto Rican: 56 (1.22%)
--Cuban: 0 (0%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 9 (0.2%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 4,509 (97.94%)
--White Alone: 1,022 (22.2%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 4,604 (100%)
--Householder: 1,641 (35.64%)
--Spouse: 576 (12.51%)
--Child: 1,763 (38.29%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 1,307 (28.39%)
--Other relatives: 403 (8.75%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 209 (4.54%)
--Nonrelatives: 221 (4.8%)
----Unmarried partner: 103 (2.24%)
Living in group quarters: 0 (0%)
--Institutionalized Population: 0 (0%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 0 (0%)
Total households: 1,641
Family households (families): 1,188 (72.39%)
----With own children under 18 years: 651 (39.67%)
--Married-couple families: 576 (35.1%)
----With own children under 18 years: 277 (16.88%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 505 (30.77%)
----With own children under 18 years: 316 (19.26%)
Nonfamily households: 453 (27.61%)
--Householder living alone: 378 (23.03%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 95 (5.79%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 772 (47.04%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 284 (17.31%)
Average household size: 2.81 people
Average family size: 3.31 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 1,754
Occupied housing units: 1,641 (93.56%)
Vacant housing units: 113 (6.44%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 0 (0%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 3.5%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 4.9%
Occupied housing units: 1,641 (93.56%)
Owner occupied housing units: 999 (56.96%)
Renter occupied housing units: 642 (36.6%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.87 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 2.71 people

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