Dreher township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (74% naturalized citizens)
| Dreher township: | 3.0% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
66% of Dreher township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 32% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 53% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 752
- Northeast: 422
- Midwest: 23
- South: 34
- West: 8
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $78,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
34 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
27 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 750
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 34
- 3 or 4: 44
- Mobile homes: 98
Median worth of mobile homes: $65,700
Housing units in Dreher township with a mortgage: 157 (13 second mortgage, 14 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 117
- Construction (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Health care (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Carpenters (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Other protective service workers including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Bus drivers (5%)
- Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Dreher township:
- German (23.3%)
- Irish (22.0%)
- Italian (13.2%)
- English (8.0%)
- United States or American (4.3%)
- Polish (3.7%)
- Scottish (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (31%)
- Haiti (15%)
- United Kingdom (10%)
- Austria (10%)
- Philippines (10%)
- Netherlands (8%)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 422 (86%)
- Carpooled: 28 (6%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Railroad: 3 (1%)
- Walked: 12 (2%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 17 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (53%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (18%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Wood (10%)
- Coal or coke (3%)
34 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
27 people in nursing homes
93.8% of residents of Dreher township speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 24% speak English not well).
4.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (57% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 28% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,220- In family households: 1,027 (222 male householders, 99 female householders)
279 spouses, 375 children (364 natural, 2 adopted, 9 stepchildren), 14 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 18 other relatives, 13 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 193 (77 male householders (57 living alone)), 87 female householders (83 living alone)), 29 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 60 (24 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 145 2-persons, 69 3-persons, 58 4-persons, 26 5-persons, 19 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 140 1-person, 19 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 3 4-persons,
242 married couples with children.
68 single-parent households (21 men, 47 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 9
| Here: | 5.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 14
| Here: | 46.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |