Donegal township, Washington County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (83% naturalized citizens)
| Donegal township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
73% of Donegal township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 75% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 34% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1874
- Northeast: 33
- Midwest: 77
- South: 420
- West: 24
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $42,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%
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
10 people in nursing homes
5 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 737
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 11
- 3 or 4: 6
- 5 to 9: 2
- Mobile homes: 238
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,500
Housing units in Donegal township with a mortgage: 242 (16 second mortgage, 43 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 202
- Construction (17%)
- Metal and metal products (11%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Health care (22%)
- Accommodation and food services (14%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (3%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (3%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Waiters and waitresses (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Donegal township:
- German (22.7%)
- Scotch-Irish (16.3%)
- Irish (12.6%)
- English (9.8%)
- United States or American (9.0%)
- Italian (6.6%)
- Polish (6.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (33%)
- United Kingdom (17%)
- Italy (17%)
- Poland (17%)
- Ethiopia (17%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 957 (84%)
- Carpooled: 117 (10%)
- Walked: 16 (1%)
- Other means: 8 (1%)
- Worked at home: 45 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (44%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (26%)
- Electricity (22%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Wood (3%)
10 people in nursing homes
5 people in other group homes
97.9% of residents of Donegal township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (55% speak English very well, 5% speak English well, 41% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (59% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,428- In family households: 2,184 (602 male householders, 116 female householders)
588 spouses, 779 children (717 natural, 12 adopted, 50 stepchildren), 31 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 10 parents, 22 other relatives, 28 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 244 (94 male householders (79 living alone)), 128 female householders (119 living alone)), 22 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 20 (13 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 313 2-persons, 149 3-persons, 163 4-persons, 76 5-persons, 15 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 198 1-person, 24 2-persons,
449 married couples with children.
103 single-parent households (32 men, 71 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 10
| Here: | 3.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 1.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 16
| Here: | 30.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |