Chester Hill, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4213240, place: Chester Hill borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 212 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 25 (11.79%)
Kindergarten: 13 (6.13%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 128 (60.38%)
High school (grades 9-12): 24 (11.32%)
College or graduate school: 22 (10.38%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 591 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 41 (6.94%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 81 (13.71%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 286 (48.39%)
Some college, no degree: 77 (13.03%)
Associate degree: 35 (5.92%)
Bachelor's degree: 47 (7.95%)
Graduate or professional degree: 24 (4.06%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 703 (100%)
Never married: 191 (27.17%)
Now married, except separated: 335 (47.65%)
Separated: 19 (2.7%)
Total Widowed: 69 (9.82%)
Widowed Female: 59 (8.39%)
Total Divorced: 89 (12.66%)
Divorced Female: 55 (7.82%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 20 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 9 (45%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 682 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 75 (11%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 216 (100%)
--With a disability: 23 (10.65%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 508 (100%)
--With a disability: 82 (16.14%)
----Percent employed: 37.8%
--No disability: 426 (83.86%)
----Percent employed: 65.7%
Population 65 years and over: 138 (100%)
--With a disability: 45 (32.61%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 862 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 505 (58.58%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 357 (41.42%)
--Same county: 113 (13.11%)
--Different county: 244 (28.31%)
----Same state: 221 (25.64%)
----Different state: 23 (2.67%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 917 (100%)
Native: 917 (100%)
--Born in United States: 913 (100%)
----State of residence: 855 (93.24%)
----Different state: 58 (6.32%)
--Born outside United States: 4 (0.44%)
Foreign born: 0 (0%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 0
Europe: 0
Asia: 0
Africa: 0
Oceania: 0
Latin America: 0
Northern America: 0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 862 (100%)
English only: 837 (97.1%)
Language other than English: 25 (2.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.23%)
--Spanish: 4 (0.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 21 (2.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.23%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 917 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 736% (80.26%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 8 (0.87%)
Danish: 2 (0.22%)
Dutch: 16 (1.74%)
English: 96 (10.47%)
French (except Basque): 23 (2.51%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 175 (19.08%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 75 (8.18%)
Italian: 12 (1.31%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 7 (0.76%)
Polish: 59 (6.43%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 9 (0.98%)
Scotch-Irish: 4 (0.44%)
Scottish: 17 (1.85%)
Slovak: 33 (3.6%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 15 (1.64%)
Swiss: 6 (0.65%)
Ukrainian: 7 (0.76%)
United States or American: 65 (7.09%)
Welsh: 18 (1.96%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 89 (9.71%)

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