West Hills, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4283172, place: West Hills CDP, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 310 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 12 (3.87%)
Kindergarten: 13 (4.19%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 135 (43.55%)
High school (grades 9-12): 71 (22.9%)
College or graduate school: 79 (25.48%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 939 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 42 (4.47%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 114 (12.14%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 370 (39.4%)
Some college, no degree: 142 (15.12%)
Associate degree: 55 (5.86%)
Bachelor's degree: 139 (14.8%)
Graduate or professional degree: 77 (8.2%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 23%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,058 (100%)
Never married: 189 (17.86%)
Now married, except separated: 708 (66.92%)
Separated: 6 (0.57%)
Total Widowed: 51 (4.82%)
Widowed Female: 38 (3.59%)
Total Divorced: 104 (9.83%)
Divorced Female: 41 (3.88%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,011 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 203 (20.08%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 254 (100%)
--With a disability: 20 (7.87%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 691 (100%)
--With a disability: 164 (23.73%)
----Percent employed: 39%
--No disability: 527 (76.27%)
----Percent employed: 76.7%
Population 65 years and over: 275 (100%)
--With a disability: 83 (30.18%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,220 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 996 (81.64%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 224 (18.36%)
--Same county: 170 (13.93%)
--Different county: 54 (4.43%)
----Same state: 54 (4.43%)
----Different state: 0 (0%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,297 (100%)
Native: 1,290 (99.46%)
--Born in United States: 1,284 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,216 (93.75%)
----Different state: 68 (5.24%)
--Born outside United States: 6 (0.46%)
Foreign born: 7 (0.54%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 7 (0.54%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 7 (100%)
Europe: 7 (100%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,220 (100%)
English only: 1,204 (98.69%)
Language other than English: 16 (1.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 7 (0.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 9 (0.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,297 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,411% (108.79%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 46 (3.55%)
English: 111 (8.56%)
French (except Basque): 7 (0.54%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 533 (41.09%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 211 (16.27%)
Italian: 191 (14.73%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 60 (4.63%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 69 (5.32%)
Scottish: 30 (2.31%)
Slovak: 40 (3.08%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 7 (0.54%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 31 (2.39%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 75 (5.78%)

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