Dickinson township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (76% naturalized citizens)
| Dickinson township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
70% of Dickinson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% 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: 3867
- Northeast: 214
- Midwest: 212
- South: 299
- West: 44
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $307,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,571
- One, attached: 26
- Two: 8
- 3 or 4: 7
- 50 or more: 7
- Mobile homes: 217
Median worth of mobile homes: $25,900
Housing units in Dickinson township with a mortgage: 759 (96 second mortgage, 139 home equity loan, 9 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 381
- Construction (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Food (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Public administration (11%)
- Health care (10%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (12%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Customer service representatives (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Dickinson township:
- German (38.7%)
- United States or American (18.4%)
- Irish (8.4%)
- English (7.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (5.2%)
- Italian (2.9%)
- French (except Basque) (2.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (76%)
- United Kingdom (24%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,073 (84%)
- Carpooled: 194 (8%)
- Walked: 33 (1%)
- Other means: 19 (1%)
- Worked at home: 147 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (56%)
- Electricity (30%)
- Wood (5%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
97.4% of residents of Dickinson township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (48% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 20% speak English not well).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,701- In family households: 4,288 (1,276 male householders, 155 female householders)
1,267 spouses, 1,448 children (1,288 natural, 48 adopted, 112 stepchildren), 36 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 15 parents, 34 other relatives, 50 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 413 (124 male householders (79 living alone)), 212 female householders (180 living alone)), 77 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 617 2-persons, 357 3-persons, 312 4-persons, 114 5-persons, 31 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 259 1-person, 77 2-persons,
1,011 married couples with children.
129 single-parent households (56 men, 73 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 72
| Here: | 12.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
| Here: | 2.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 17
| Here: | 23.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |