Barry township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (40% naturalized citizens)
Barry township: | 0.5% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
76% of Barry township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 62% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 874
- Northeast: 66
- Midwest: 1
- South: 8
- West: 4
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $122,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
44 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 386
- One, attached: 4
- Mobile homes: 61
Median worth of mobile homes: $36,000
Housing units in Barry township with a mortgage: 121 (6 second mortgage, 25 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 89
- Public administration (10%)
- Construction (9%)
- Machinery (9%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Apparel (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (6%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Barry township:
- German (48.0%)
- United States or American (9.0%)
- Dutch (8.0%)
- Pennsylvania German (7.5%)
- Irish (6.5%)
- Polish (4.4%)
- Ukrainian (3.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (60%)
- Taiwan (40%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 349 (83%)
- Carpooled: 44 (11%)
- Walked: 2 (0%)
- Other means: 1 (0%)
- Worked at home: 23 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (54%)
- Coal or coke (24%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Wood (3%)
44 people in nursing homes
95.0% of residents of Barry township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
4.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (66% speak English very well, 34% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 922- In family households: 822 (245 male householders, 31 female householders)
245 spouses, 273 children (249 natural, 10 adopted, 14 stepchildren), 13 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 4 other relatives, 4 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 100 (36 male householders (28 living alone)), 50 female householders (45 living alone)), 14 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 45 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 119 2-persons, 77 3-persons, 57 4-persons, 17 5-persons, 4 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 73 1-person, 11 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
176 married couples with children.
26 single-parent households (11 men, 15 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 13
Here: | 68.4% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |