Damascus township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (89% naturalized citizens)
| Damascus township: | 4.2% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
71% of Damascus township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 20% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1687
- Northeast: 1556
- Midwest: 50
- South: 142
- West: 59
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
11 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,887
- One, attached: 12
- Two: 20
- 3 or 4: 4
- Mobile homes: 243
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 82
Median worth of mobile homes: $41,900
Housing units in Damascus township with a mortgage: 462 (43 second mortgage, 91 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 307
- Construction (13%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Damascus township:
- German (28.0%)
- Irish (14.0%)
- English (12.2%)
- Italian (9.3%)
- United States or American (8.3%)
- Polish (5.7%)
- Dutch (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (51%)
- United Kingdom (8%)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (8%)
- Other Eastern Europe (4%)
- Other Northern Europe (3%)
- Malaysia (3%)
- Cuba (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,181 (80%)
- Carpooled: 88 (6%)
- Subway or elevated: 8 (1%)
- Walked: 64 (4%)
- Other means: 4 (0%)
- Worked at home: 124 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (55%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Wood (13%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Coal or coke (3%)
- Utility gas (1%)
11 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
93.5% of residents of Damascus township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (74% speak English very well, 26% speak English not well).
4.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (70% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,651- In family households: 3,159 (872 male householders, 162 female householders)
875 spouses, 1,070 children (946 natural, 28 adopted, 96 stepchildren), 63 grandchildren, 21 brothers or sisters, 9 parents, 31 other relatives, 56 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 492 (197 male householders (155 living alone)), 220 female householders (200 living alone)), 75 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 11 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 493 2-persons, 188 3-persons, 217 4-persons, 90 5-persons, 32 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 355 1-person, 54 2-persons, 8 3-persons,
687 married couples with children.
167 single-parent households (51 men, 116 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 45
| Here: | 10.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 40
| Here: | 17.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 15
| Here: | 37.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |