Chippewa township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (79% naturalized citizens)
| Chippewa township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
68% of Chippewa township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 69% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5933
- Northeast: 180
- Midwest: 479
- South: 279
- West: 65
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $106,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.2%
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
People in group quarters in Chippewa township, Pennsylvania:
- 46 people in nursing homes
- 18 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 18 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 3 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,407
- One, attached: 67
- Two: 46
- 3 or 4: 96
- 5 to 9: 128
- 10 to 19: 118
- 20 to 49: 48
- 50 or more: 9
- Mobile homes: 14
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,500
Housing units in Chippewa township with a mortgage: 1,390 (212 second mortgage, 246 home equity loan, 13 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 761
- Air transportation (8%)
- Construction (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Utilities (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Engineers (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Chippewa township:
- German (26.0%)
- Italian (14.1%)
- Polish (10.2%)
- English (9.6%)
- Irish (9.0%)
- United States or American (4.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Brazil (29%)
- Canada (26%)
- Other Western Africa (14%)
- France (13%)
- Italy (11%)
- Hungary (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,047 (89%)
- Carpooled: 278 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 9 (0%)
- Walked: 34 (1%)
- Worked at home: 74 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (75%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
People in group quarters in Chippewa township, Pennsylvania:
- 46 people in nursing homes
- 18 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 18 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 3 people in other group homes
97.8% of residents of Chippewa township speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (24% speak English very well, 76% speak English not well).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (84% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,936- In family households: 6,093 (1,775 male householders, 280 female householders)
1,845 spouses, 2,044 children (1,806 natural, 93 adopted, 145 stepchildren), 52 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 39 parents, 25 other relatives, 25 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 843 (312 male householders (285 living alone)), 439 female householders (411 living alone)), 92 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 85 (52 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,019 2-persons, 401 3-persons, 418 4-persons, 156 5-persons, 61 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 696 1-person, 51 2-persons, 4 5-persons,
1,349 married couples with children.
165 single-parent households (38 men, 127 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 126
| Here: | 17.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 34
| Here: | 6.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 74
| Here: | 77.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |