Gibson township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (78% naturalized citizens)
| Gibson township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
72% of Gibson 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, 45% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 731
- Northeast: 314
- Midwest: 22
- South: 30
- West: 12
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
58 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 483
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 17
- 3 or 4: 3
- Mobile homes: 80
Median worth of mobile homes: $32,500
Housing units in Gibson township with a mortgage: 100 (6 second mortgage, 13 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 64
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (47%)
- Construction (15%)
- Wood products (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (5%)
- Warehousing and storage (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Transportation equipment (20%)
- Educational services (20%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Electrical and electronic goods merchant wholesalers (9%)
- U. S. Postal service (9%)
- Social assistance (9%)
- Data processing, libraries, and other information services (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (38%)
- Carpenters (12%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Postsecondary teachers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (11%)
- Cashiers (11%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Accountants and auditors (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Child care workers (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (9%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Gibson township:
- English (18.3%)
- German (14.3%)
- Irish (13.2%)
- Polish (12.0%)
- Italian (7.6%)
- Welsh (7.0%)
- Scottish (3.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Poland (44%)
- United Kingdom (33%)
- Germany (22%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 382 (76%)
- Carpooled: 54 (11%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 4 (1%)
- Walked: 38 (8%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 22 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (52%)
- Wood (19%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (16%)
- Electricity (9%)
- Coal or coke (3%)
58 people in nursing homes
95.3% of residents of Gibson township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English not well).
3.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (68% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,072- In family households: 945 (237 male householders, 67 female householders)
248 spouses, 358 children (343 natural, 9 adopted, 6 stepchildren), 3 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 10 other relatives, 18 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 127 (67 male householders (57 living alone)), 36 female householders (31 living alone)), 24 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 57 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 140 2-persons, 60 3-persons, 66 4-persons, 29 5-persons, 3 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 88 1-person, 13 2-persons, 2 5-persons,
213 married couples with children.
48 single-parent households (18 men, 30 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 13
| Here: | 10.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
| Here: | 9.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 8
| Here: | 40.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |