Derry township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 6 (48% naturalized citizens)
| Derry township: | 5.6% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
53% of Derry township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 52% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 13819
- Northeast: 2365
- Midwest: 1403
- South: 1516
- West: 772
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $140,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.8%
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 Derry township, Pennsylvania:
- 429 people in nursing homes
- 237 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 39 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 10 people in other group homes
- 6 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,588
- One, attached: 1,876
- Two: 307
- 3 or 4: 689
- 5 to 9: 600
- 10 to 19: 339
- 20 to 49: 292
- 50 or more: 631
- Mobile homes: 159
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,900
Housing units in Derry township with a mortgage: 3,226 (273 second mortgage, 509 home equity loan, 39 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,774
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Food (8%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Construction (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Food (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Physicians and surgeons (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers (3%)
- Computer specialists (3%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (3%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Business operations specialists (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Derry township:
- German (32.0%)
- Italian (12.4%)
- Irish (9.1%)
- English (8.5%)
- Polish (3.8%)
- United States or American (3.8%)
- Scottish (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (17%)
- India (9%)
- Cambodia (6%)
- Vietnam (6%)
- Other South Central Asia (5%)
- Canada (5%)
- Taiwan (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 8,103 (81%)
- Carpooled: 844 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 7 (0%)
- Railroad: 12 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 8 (0%)
- Bicycle: 26 (0%)
- Walked: 471 (5%)
- Other means: 12 (0%)
- Worked at home: 488 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (40%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (32%)
- Utility gas (25%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Derry township, Pennsylvania:
- 429 people in nursing homes
- 237 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 39 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 10 people in other group homes
- 6 people in religious group quarters
91.9% of residents of Derry township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (66% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
3.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
2.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (54% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (51% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 32% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 20,550- In family households: 16,931 (4,758 male householders, 979 female householders)
4,897 spouses, 5,529 children (5,148 natural, 181 adopted, 200 stepchildren), 109 grandchildren, 165 brothers or sisters, 83 parents, 201 other relatives, 210 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 3,619 (1,206 male householders (952 living alone)), 1,929 female householders (1,755 living alone)), 484 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 723 (475 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,872 2-persons, 1,216 3-persons, 1,064 4-persons, 437 5-persons, 78 6-persons, 70 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 2,707 1-person, 392 2-persons, 29 3-persons, 7 4-persons,
3,934 married couples with children.
719 single-parent households (172 men, 547 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 256
| Here: | 10.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 89
| Here: | 8.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 101
| Here: | 27.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |