Amwell township, Washington County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
Amwell township: | 0.6% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
73% of Amwell township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 70% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 47% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3465
- Northeast: 114
- Midwest: 91
- South: 204
- West: 63
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
5 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,212
- One, attached: 16
- Two: 11
- 3 or 4: 21
- 5 to 9: 26
- Mobile homes: 280
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,800
Housing units in Amwell township with a mortgage: 439 (44 second mortgage, 85 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 272
- Construction (19%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Health care (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Utilities (3%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Construction laborers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3%)
- Health technologists and technicians (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Amwell township:
- German (24.0%)
- United States or American (19.0%)
- Italian (9.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (9.5%)
- Irish (8.9%)
- English (8.1%)
- Polish (5.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (26%)
- Germany (26%)
- Cuba (26%)
- Canada (22%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,666 (82%)
- Carpooled: 246 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 10 (0%)
- Taxi: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 51 (3%)
- Other means: 5 (0%)
- Worked at home: 53 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (35%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (31%)
- Electricity (24%)
- Wood (7%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
12 people in homes for the mentally retarded
5 people in other group homes
98.2% of residents of Amwell township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,943- In family households: 3,527 (985 male householders, 156 female householders)
954 spouses, 1,230 children (1,109 natural, 24 adopted, 97 stepchildren), 65 grandchildren, 11 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 65 other relatives, 50 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 416 (172 male householders (139 living alone)), 176 female householders (154 living alone)), 68 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 17 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 478 2-persons, 284 3-persons, 246 4-persons, 101 5-persons, 25 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 293 1-person, 46 2-persons, 9 4-persons,
747 married couples with children.
127 single-parent households (53 men, 74 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
Here: | 1.6% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
Here: | 2.4% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 25
Here: | 32.1% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |