Fairview township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
Fairview township: | 0.8% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
69% of Fairview township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% 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: 868
- Northeast: 19
- Midwest: 98
- South: 43
- West: 5
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.9% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 267
- One, attached: 9
- Two: 2
- 5 to 9: 3
- Mobile homes: 65
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,200
Housing units in Fairview township with a mortgage: 77 (2 second mortgage, 9 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 48
- Construction (13%)
- Metal and metal products (13%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Motor vehicles, parts and supplies merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Health care (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Fairview township:
- German (31.7%)
- English (14.6%)
- United States or American (13.1%)
- Irish (12.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (5.6%)
- European (2.9%)
- Polish (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (75%)
- Hungary (25%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 335 (76%)
- Carpooled: 34 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (1%)
- Taxi: 2 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 23 (5%)
- Other means: 7 (2%)
- Worked at home: 36 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (46%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Wood (14%)
- Utility gas (13%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
- Other fuel (1%)
88.1% of residents of Fairview township speak English at home.
0.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
11.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (18% speak English very well, 76% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,041- In family households: 969 (252 male householders, 29 female householders)
265 spouses, 377 children (359 natural, 11 adopted, 7 stepchildren), 25 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 9 other relatives, 4 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 72 (36 male householders (24 living alone)), 19 female householders (14 living alone)), 17 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 122 2-persons, 63 3-persons, 44 4-persons, 26 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 20 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 38 1-person, 15 2-persons, 2 4-persons,
272 married couples with children.
41 single-parent households (16 men, 25 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 49
Here: | 28.7% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 10
Here: | 13.9% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
Here: | 22.2% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |