Harborcreek township, Erie County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (77% naturalized citizens)
| Harborcreek township: | 1.7% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
67% of Harborcreek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 74% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 48% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 13120
- Northeast: 695
- Midwest: 551
- South: 328
- West: 161
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $106,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.4%
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 Harborcreek township, Pennsylvania:
- 346 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 332 people in nursing homes
- 92 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 74 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 41 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 27 people in other types of correctional institutions
- 24 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 8 people in religious group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,724
- One, attached: 46
- Two: 165
- 3 or 4: 118
- 5 to 9: 125
- 10 to 19: 31
- 20 to 49: 39
- 50 or more: 257
- Mobile homes: 140
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Harborcreek township with a mortgage: 2,553 (270 second mortgage, 420 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,423
- Transportation equipment (15%)
- Construction (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Harborcreek township:
- German (26.9%)
- Polish (18.4%)
- Irish (10.7%)
- Italian (9.3%)
- English (7.5%)
- United States or American (6.2%)
- Swedish (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (17%)
- Germany (15%)
- Malaysia (8%)
- India (7%)
- Canada (7%)
- Philippines (6%)
- Sweden (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 6,134 (88%)
- Carpooled: 482 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 13 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 12 (0%)
- Walked: 130 (2%)
- Other means: 17 (0%)
- Worked at home: 170 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (88%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Wood (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Harborcreek township, Pennsylvania:
- 346 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 332 people in nursing homes
- 92 people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 74 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
- 41 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 27 people in other types of correctional institutions
- 24 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 8 people in religious group quarters
96.8% of residents of Harborcreek township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 23% speak English not well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (83% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (63% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 14,231- In family households: 12,627 (3,391 male householders, 615 female householders)
3,508 spouses, 4,611 children (4,258 natural, 103 adopted, 250 stepchildren), 211 grandchildren, 39 brothers or sisters, 54 parents, 45 other relatives, 153 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,604 (567 male householders (442 living alone)), 788 female householders (738 living alone)), 249 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 947 (480 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,709 2-persons, 884 3-persons, 875 4-persons, 358 5-persons, 123 6-persons, 57 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,180 1-person, 126 2-persons, 28 3-persons, 13 4-persons, 8 5-persons,
2,716 married couples with children.
476 single-parent households (132 men, 344 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 84
| Here: | 5.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 118
| Here: | 10.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 191
| Here: | 19.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |