Chapman township, Snyder County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Chapman township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
77% of Chapman township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 85% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1322
- Northeast: 32
- Midwest: 2
- South: 56
- West: 4
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.3%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 418
- One, attached: 10
- Two: 3
- 3 or 4: 1
- 5 to 9: 3
- Mobile homes: 36
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,500
Housing units in Chapman township with a mortgage: 109 (3 second mortgage, 12 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 118
- Wood products (19%)
- Construction (17%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (8%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (3%)
- Health care (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Private households (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (12%)
- Carpenters (10%)
- Woodworkers (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (10%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Chapman township:
- German (44.4%)
- United States or American (19.9%)
- Swiss (8.8%)
- Dutch (3.5%)
- English (3.3%)
- Pennsylvania German (3.1%)
- Italian (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (50%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (33%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 338 (55%)
- Carpooled: 96 (15%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Bicycle: 57 (9%)
- Walked: 35 (6%)
- Other means: 19 (3%)
- Worked at home: 73 (12%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (50%)
- Coal or coke (17%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Wood (15%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
65.5% of residents of Chapman township speak English at home.
34.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (27% speak English very well, 67% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,426- In family households: 1,340 (308 male householders, 45 female householders)
337 spouses, 616 children (585 natural, 5 adopted, 26 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 12 parents, 5 other relatives, 9 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 86 (36 male householders (31 living alone)), 40 female householders (39 living alone)), 10 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 122 2-persons, 75 3-persons, 60 4-persons, 43 5-persons, 13 6-persons, 40 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 70 1-person, 5 2-persons, 1 4-persons,
447 married couples with children.
36 single-parent households (11 men, 25 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 126
| Here: | 62.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
| Here: | 18.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
| Here: | 40.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |