Carroll township, Washington County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Carroll township: | 0.9% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
79% of Carroll township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 61% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5210
- Northeast: 69
- Midwest: 159
- South: 127
- West: 55
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $52,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.9%
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
87 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
40 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,197
- One, attached: 31
- Two: 8
- 3 or 4: 10
- 5 to 9: 7
- Mobile homes: 91
Median worth of mobile homes: $26,500
Housing units in Carroll township with a mortgage: 949 (137 second mortgage, 186 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 962
- Construction (14%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Chemicals (7%)
- Health care (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Health care (26%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Carroll township:
- Italian (24.6%)
- German (11.7%)
- English (10.8%)
- Slovak (9.1%)
- Polish (8.0%)
- United States or American (5.4%)
- Irish (5.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (36%)
- United Kingdom (26%)
- Taiwan (26%)
- Germany (12%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,128 (87%)
- Carpooled: 188 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 34 (1%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 48 (2%)
- Other means: 12 (0%)
- Worked at home: 24 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (84%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Wood (1%)
87 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
40 people in nursing homes
97.9% of residents of Carroll township speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,549- In family households: 4,965 (1,433 male householders, 275 female householders)
1,453 spouses, 1,537 children (1,502 natural, 26 adopted, 9 stepchildren), 91 grandchildren, 17 brothers or sisters, 59 parents, 52 other relatives, 48 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 584 (189 male householders (189 living alone)), 359 female householders (320 living alone)), 36 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 128 (44 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 834 2-persons, 415 3-persons, 314 4-persons, 96 5-persons, 31 6-persons, 18 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 509 1-person, 39 2-persons,
872 married couples with children.
164 single-parent households (51 men, 113 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 91
| Here: | 17.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 29
| Here: | 8.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 16
| Here: | 13.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |