Housing density: 1,001 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022 in this county: $195,117.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,122 (lower quartile is $841, upper quartile is $1,526)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $1,304
Median gross rent in Ross Township, PA in 2022: $1,260
Housing units in Ross Township with a mortgage: 6,262 (635 second mortgage, 1,238 home equity loan, 33 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 3,570
Compare current foreclosures near Ross Township, PA:
In family households: 913,516 (208,635 male householders, 99,374 female householders)
222,332 spouses, 315,393 children (298,168 natural, 7,619 adopted, 9,606 stepchildren), 18,457 grandchildren, 9,985 brothers or sisters, 8,652 parents, foster children, 7,846 other relatives, 18,452 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 274,778 (100,758 male householders (79,382 living alone)), 125,193 female householders (107,576 living alone)), 48,827 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 35,054 (13,287 institutionalized population)
186,963 married couples with children.
71,829 single-parent households (11,403 men, 60,426 women).
93.6% of residents of Ross Township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (63% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
4.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (64% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (56% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (21% speak English very well, 66% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
Foreign born population: 1,779 (5.7%)
(61.0% of them are naturalized citizens)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Ross Township, Pennsylvania
2591995 to March 2000
2541990 to 1994
1111985 to 1989
691980 to 1984
1151975 to 1979
691970 to 1974
991965 to 1969
228Before 1965
First ancestries reported:
German: 12,589 (31.0%)
Irish: 7,149 (17.6%)
Italian: 4,411 (10.9%)
Other: 3,322 (8.2%)
Polish: 2,776 (6.8%)
English: 2,285 (5.6%)
Slovak: 1,199 (3.0%)
United States: 1,044 (2.6%)
Scotch-Irish: 786 (1.9%)
French: 707 (1.7%)
Scottish: 647 (1.6%)
Czech: 448 (1.1%)
Ukrainian: 416 (1.0%)
Hungarian: 377 (0.9%)
Russian: 373 (0.9%)
Greek: 316 (0.8%)
Welsh: 304 (0.7%)
Swedish: 298 (0.7%)
Lithuanian: 245 (0.6%)
Swiss: 226 (0.6%)
Dutch: 182 (0.4%)
Arab: 146 (0.4%)
Danish: 119 (0.3%)
Subsaharan African: 96 (0.2%)
Norwegian: 87 (0.2%)
French Canadian: 73 (0.2%)
West Indian: 9 (0.02%)
Portuguese: 7 (0.02%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Ross Township:
10.8% (130)
Pennsylvania:
4.6% (23,478)
Italy
Ross Township:
9.6% (116)
Pennsylvania:
6.0% (30,559)
India
Ross Township:
9.1% (110)
Pennsylvania:
7.4% (37,541)
Korea
Ross Township:
7.7% (93)
Pennsylvania:
5.3% (26,703)
Canada
Ross Township:
6.5% (78)
Pennsylvania:
3.0% (15,200)
Ukraine
Ross Township:
5.3% (64)
Pennsylvania:
3.3% (16,897)
United Kingdom
Ross Township:
4.9% (59)
Pennsylvania:
4.6% (23,171)
Germany
Ross Township:
4.2% (50)
Pennsylvania:
5.1% (25,685)
Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia)
Ross Township:
3.3% (40)
Pennsylvania:
0.7% (3,451)
Other Eastern Africa
Ross Township:
3.1% (37)
Pennsylvania:
0.8% (3,975)
Taiwan
Ross Township:
3.0% (36)
Pennsylvania:
1.1% (5,442)
Mexico
Ross Township:
2.6% (31)
Pennsylvania:
4.8% (24,232)
Hong Kong
Ross Township:
2.5% (30)
Pennsylvania:
0.6% (2,815)
Philippines
Ross Township:
2.4% (29)
Pennsylvania:
2.2% (11,411)
Vietnam
Ross Township:
1.6% (19)
Pennsylvania:
5.2% (26,656)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 27,160
Other state: 4,077
Northeast: 883
Midwest: 1,645
South: 1,063
West: 486
69% of Ross Township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 75% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 47% lived in Pennsylvania.
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 33
Nursery to 4th grade: 6
5th and 6th grade: 55
7th and 8th grade: 123
9th grade: 101
10th grade: 226
11th grade: 161
12th grade, no diploma: 273
High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,987
Less than 1 year of college: 739
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,181
Associate degree: 882
Bachelor's degree: 2,735
Master's degree: 906
Professional school degree: 351
Doctorate degree: 158
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 38
Nursery to 4th grade: 10
5th and 6th grade: 40
7th and 8th grade: 316
9th grade: 297
10th grade: 272
11th grade: 252
12th grade, no diploma: 320
High school graduate (or equivalency): 4,686
Less than 1 year of college: 811
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,403
Associate degree: 1,062
Bachelor's degree: 2,419
Master's degree: 1,150
Professional school degree: 243
Doctorate degree: 94
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 9,922
One, attached: 1,115
Two: 353
3 or 4: 288
5 to 9: 411
10 to 19: 642
20 to 49: 664
50 or more: 1,044
Mobile homes: 10
Median worth of mobile homes: $48,432
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0.2%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0.1%