Fairview township, Erie County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (59% naturalized citizens)
| Fairview township: | 1.7% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
68% of Fairview township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 73% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 32% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 7889
- Northeast: 592
- Midwest: 832
- South: 409
- West: 166
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $183,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.5%
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
People in group quarters in Fairview township, Pennsylvania:
- 558 people in nursing homes
- 27 people in other group homes
- 10 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,398
- One, attached: 80
- Two: 26
- 3 or 4: 50
- 5 to 9: 28
- 20 to 49: 13
- 50 or more: 24
- Mobile homes: 86
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,500
Housing units in Fairview township with a mortgage: 1,920 (261 second mortgage, 401 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 978
- Construction (9%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (3%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Top executives (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Fairview township:
- German (29.7%)
- Irish (12.6%)
- Italian (12.5%)
- English (9.0%)
- Polish (8.3%)
- United States or American (4.8%)
- Swedish (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (19%)
- Vietnam (9%)
- Jamaica (8%)
- Canada (8%)
- Italy (7%)
- United Kingdom (6%)
- Other Eastern Europe (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 3,808 (81%)
- Carpooled: 521 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (0%)
- Bicycle: 12 (0%)
- Walked: 103 (2%)
- Other means: 13 (0%)
- Worked at home: 245 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (91%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Electricity (2%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Wood (1%)
People in group quarters in Fairview township, Pennsylvania:
- 558 people in nursing homes
- 27 people in other group homes
- 10 people in homes for the mentally retarded
96.5% of residents of Fairview township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (62% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (54% speak English very well, 46% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 9,545- In family households: 8,695 (2,447 male householders, 386 female householders)
2,493 spouses, 3,133 children (2,948 natural, 69 adopted, 116 stepchildren), 55 grandchildren, 24 brothers or sisters, 46 parents, 22 other relatives, 89 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 850 (257 male householders (194 living alone)), 454 female householders (406 living alone)), 139 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 595 (527 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,293 2-persons, 567 3-persons, 604 4-persons, 257 5-persons, 72 6-persons, 40 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 600 1-person, 94 2-persons, 10 3-persons, 7 4-persons,
2,142 married couples with children.
315 single-parent households (87 men, 228 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 303
| Here: | 23.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 137
| Here: | 19.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 67
| Here: | 28.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |