Delaware township, Juniata County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Delaware township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
65% of Delaware township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 79% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 82% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1393
- Northeast: 11
- Midwest: 16
- South: 43
- West: 2
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $75,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
22 people in nursing homes
3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 524
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 4
- 3 or 4: 8
- 5 to 9: 6
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 93
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,600
Housing units in Delaware township with a mortgage: 170 (23 second mortgage, 20 home equity loan, 9 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 147
- Construction (14%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (13%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Wood products (6%)
- Food (6%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Finance and insurance (12%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Child care workers (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Delaware township:
- German (51.1%)
- United States or American (19.6%)
- Irish (5.2%)
- English (4.4%)
- Dutch (4.3%)
- Swiss (2.5%)
- Italian (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Eastern Europe (50%)
- Canada (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 494 (69%)
- Carpooled: 159 (22%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 16 (2%)
- Other means: 1 (0%)
- Worked at home: 38 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (61%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Wood (13%)
- Coal or coke (5%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
22 people in nursing homes
3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
94.7% of residents of Delaware township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (86% speak English very well, 14% speak English not well).
4.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (49% speak English very well, 49% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,445- In family households: 1,299 (394 male householders, 45 female householders)
380 spouses, 435 children (409 natural, 2 adopted, 24 stepchildren), 12 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 11 other relatives, 13 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 146 (59 male householders (42 living alone)), 61 female householders (56 living alone)), 26 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 26 (21 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 207 2-persons, 111 3-persons, 71 4-persons, 25 5-persons, 14 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 98 1-person, 20 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
289 married couples with children.
39 single-parent households (22 men, 17 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 28
| Here: | 18.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 5.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
| Here: | 50.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |