Dingman township, Pike County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 7 (67% naturalized citizens)
| Dingman township: | 7.0% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
56% of Dingman township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 18% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 7% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1001
- Northeast: 6558
- Midwest: 211
- South: 259
- West: 77
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.7% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,782
- 3 or 4: 74
- 5 to 9: 24
- 50 or more: 10
- Mobile homes: 1,789
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 10
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Dingman township with a mortgage: 2,088 (186 second mortgage, 241 home equity loan, 9 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 445
- Construction (12%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Dingman township:
- Irish (25.5%)
- Italian (19.0%)
- German (15.5%)
- Polish (6.3%)
- English (5.4%)
- Dutch (2.4%)
- United States or American (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Poland (13%)
- Dominican Republic (8%)
- El Salvador (8%)
- Germany (7%)
- Romania (6%)
- Chile (6%)
- Ireland (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,271 (81%)
- Carpooled: 465 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 50 (1%)
- Subway or elevated: 13 (0%)
- Railroad: 31 (1%)
- Bicycle: 15 (0%)
- Walked: 42 (1%)
- Other means: 8 (0%)
- Worked at home: 128 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (43%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (27%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (17%)
- Wood (6%)
- Coal or coke (4%)
- Utility gas (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
89.7% of residents of Dingman township speak English at home.
4.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English not well).
4.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (51% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (70% speak English very well, 30% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 8,787- In family households: 8,090 (1,848 male householders, 570 female householders)
2,108 spouses, 3,129 children (3,013 natural, 42 adopted, 74 stepchildren), 106 grandchildren, 50 brothers or sisters, 67 parents, 125 other relatives, 87 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 697 (259 male householders (191 living alone)), 298 female householders (232 living alone)), 140 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 858 2-persons, 489 3-persons, 645 4-persons, 291 5-persons, 118 6-persons, 17 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 423 1-person, 114 2-persons, 20 3-persons,
2,278 married couples with children.
321 single-parent households (90 men, 231 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 58
| Here: | 4.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
| Here: | 1.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 74
| Here: | 31.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |