Canaan township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (31% naturalized citizens)
Canaan township: | 3.9% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
40% of Canaan township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 41% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 88% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1387
- Northeast: 192
- Midwest: 48
- South: 128
- West: 28
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%
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
1,105 people in state prisons
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 283
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 17
- Mobile homes: 64
Median worth of mobile homes: $82,500
Housing units in Canaan township with a mortgage: 79 (4 second mortgage, 16 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 72
- Construction (13%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (24%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (8%)
- Bus drivers (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Canaan township:
- German (19.4%)
- Polish (16.4%)
- English (13.5%)
- United States or American (9.9%)
- Irish (9.3%)
- Italian (8.5%)
- Russian (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Caribbean (36%)
- India (11%)
- Pakistan (9%)
- Other Central America (9%)
- Germany (8%)
- Other Eastern Europe (8%)
- Other South America (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 340 (82%)
- Carpooled: 36 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 25 (6%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 9 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (59%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (10%)
- Wood (9%)
- Coal or coke (5%)
- Utility gas (1%)
1,105 people in state prisons
93.1% of residents of Canaan township speak English at home.
4.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
2.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (66% speak English very well, 34% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 799- In family households: 718 (200 male householders, 38 female householders)
202 spouses, 237 children (225 natural, 4 adopted, 8 stepchildren), 13 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 17 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 81 (37 male householders (33 living alone)), 28 female householders (19 living alone)), 16 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1,119 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 108 2-persons, 55 3-persons, 47 4-persons, 16 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 52 1-person, 13 2-persons,
146 married couples with children.
33 single-parent households (17 men, 16 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
Here: | 2.2% |
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: 14
Here: | 63.6% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |