Derry township, Montour County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (50% naturalized citizens)
| Derry township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
70% of Derry 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, 68% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1078
- Northeast: 38
- Midwest: 13
- South: 31
- West: 28
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $65,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
12 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 255
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 11
- 3 or 4: 12
- 10 to 19: 14
- Mobile homes: 184
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,800
Housing units in Derry township with a mortgage: 109 (17 second mortgage, 26 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 51
- Construction (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Health care (6%)
- Textile mills and textile products (6%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Health care (27%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Construction laborers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Waiters and waitresses (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Derry township:
- German (36.8%)
- United States or American (20.5%)
- Irish (7.1%)
- Dutch (6.5%)
- English (5.5%)
- Pennsylvania German (4.4%)
- Swiss (3.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (50%)
- Japan (25%)
- Korea (17%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 443 (81%)
- Carpooled: 48 (9%)
- Walked: 3 (1%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 49 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (51%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (21%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Wood (5%)
- Coal or coke (5%)
12 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
90.5% of residents of Derry township speak English at home.
9.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (37% speak English very well, 40% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (60% speak English very well, 40% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,190- In family households: 1,056 (282 male householders, 51 female householders)
289 spouses, 380 children (353 natural, 11 adopted, 16 stepchildren), 16 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 9 other relatives, 24 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 134 (68 male householders (56 living alone)), 45 female householders (37 living alone)), 21 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 12 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 157 2-persons, 70 3-persons, 61 4-persons, 27 5-persons, 9 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 93 1-person, 18 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
259 married couples with children.
67 single-parent households (24 men, 43 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 40
| Here: | 24.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 3.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
| Here: | 18.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |