Dimock township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (29% naturalized citizens)
Dimock township: | 1.0% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
67% of Dimock 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, 67% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1035
- Northeast: 272
- Midwest: 28
- South: 27
- West: 19
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 8.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.8% of all households
4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 519
- One, attached: 6
- Two: 9
- 3 or 4: 7
- Mobile homes: 131
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $48,100
Housing units in Dimock township with a mortgage: 107 (11 second mortgage, 14 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 99
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
- Construction (11%)
- Paper (7%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Textile mills and textile products (5%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Dimock township:
- German (20.1%)
- Irish (15.3%)
- United States or American (11.3%)
- English (9.5%)
- Italian (6.6%)
- Polish (5.7%)
- Dutch (4.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Netherlands (57%)
- Germany (14%)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (14%)
- India (14%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 511 (80%)
- Carpooled: 67 (10%)
- Walked: 14 (2%)
- Other means: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 42 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (62%)
- Wood (14%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (14%)
- Electricity (6%)
- Coal or coke (3%)
4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
98.2% of residents of Dimock township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (95% speak English very well, 5% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,394- In family households: 1,232 (315 male householders, 72 female householders)
315 spouses, 441 children (402 natural, 4 adopted, 35 stepchildren), 28 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 20 other relatives, 24 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 162 (64 male householders (44 living alone)), 63 female householders (59 living alone)), 35 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 4 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 175 2-persons, 73 3-persons, 78 4-persons, 39 5-persons, 12 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 103 1-person, 20 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 2 5-persons,
282 married couples with children.
77 single-parent households (30 men, 47 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4
Here: | 2.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
Here: | 2.4% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
Here: | 15.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |