Gamble township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 88 (48% naturalized citizens)
| Gamble township: | 88.4% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
53% of Gamble township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 64% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 25666
- Northeast: 464
- Midwest: 3816
- South: 1968
- West: 975
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $50,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 9,615
- One, attached: 280
- Two: 1,030
- 3 or 4: 677
- 5 to 9: 563
- 10 to 19: 476
- 20 to 49: 175
- 50 or more: 753
- Mobile homes: 546
Median worth of mobile homes: $13,300
Housing units in Gamble township with a mortgage: 4,377 (346 second mortgage, 509 home equity loan, 41 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,426
- Construction (14%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Health care (23%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Gamble township:
- German (17.4%)
- United States or American (12.6%)
- Irish (11.5%)
- Swedish (11.3%)
- English (9.1%)
- Italian (3.4%)
- French (except Basque) (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (35%)
- Germany (9%)
- Venezuela (5%)
- Japan (5%)
- Hungary (4%)
- Philippines (4%)
- South Africa (3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 11,343 (78%)
- Carpooled: 1,612 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 109 (1%)
- Railroad: 29 (0%)
- Taxi: 96 (1%)
- Motorcycle: 22 (0%)
- Bicycle: 66 (0%)
- Walked: 845 (6%)
- Other means: 109 (1%)
- Worked at home: 262 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (85%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
94.5% of residents of Gamble township speak English at home.
3.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (56% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (87% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (63% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (72% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 29,734- In family households: 23,501 (5,882 male householders, 2,054 female householders)
5,959 spouses, 8,119 children (7,418 natural, 134 adopted, 567 stepchildren), 350 grandchildren, 201 brothers or sisters, 156 parents, 196 other relatives, 584 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 6,233 (2,078 male householders (1,629 living alone)), 3,187 female householders (2,888 living alone)), 968 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 4,093 (2,431 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 3,896 2-persons, 1,791 3-persons, 1,344 4-persons, 607 5-persons, 168 6-persons, 130 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 4,517 1-person, 634 2-persons, 89 3-persons, 15 4-persons, 10 5-persons,
161 married couples with children.
23 single-parent households (4 men, 19 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 317
| Here: | 9.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 73
| Here: | 4.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,324
| Here: | 59.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |