Eldred township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Eldred township: | 0.2% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
72% of Eldred township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 57% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1100
- Northeast: 49
- Midwest: 63
- South: 40
- West: 23
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $31,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 729
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 2
- 5 to 9: 2
- Mobile homes: 131
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $42,300
Housing units in Eldred township with a mortgage: 154 (16 second mortgage, 33 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 126
- Construction (16%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Utilities (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- U. S. Postal service (4%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (13%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
- Child care workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Eldred township:
- German (35.1%)
- Irish (14.9%)
- United States or American (12.5%)
- English (6.2%)
- Italian (5.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.2%)
- Dutch (3.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 500 (85%)
- Carpooled: 42 (7%)
- Walked: 7 (1%)
- Other means: 14 (2%)
- Worked at home: 26 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (69%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Wood (5%)
- Coal or coke (3%)
- Electricity (2%)
- Other fuel (2%)
97.3% of residents of Eldred township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (82% speak English very well, 18% speak English not well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (91% speak English very well, 9% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,277- In family households: 1,129 (314 male householders, 75 female householders)
332 spouses, 369 children (350 natural, 2 adopted, 17 stepchildren), 7 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 7 other relatives, 18 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 148 (71 male householders (53 living alone)), 49 female householders (42 living alone)), 28 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 171 2-persons, 89 3-persons, 93 4-persons, 27 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 95 1-person, 21 2-persons, 4 3-persons,
251 married couples with children.
26 single-parent households (9 men, 17 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
| Here: | 5.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
| Here: | 7.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 9
| Here: | 40.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |