Hempfield township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (69% naturalized citizens)
| Hempfield township: | 1.7% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
68% of Hempfield township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 37% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3374
- Northeast: 94
- Midwest: 253
- South: 133
- West: 71
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.6%
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
133 people in nursing homes
35 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,341
- One, attached: 14
- Two: 19
- 3 or 4: 45
- 5 to 9: 57
- Mobile homes: 170
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,500
Housing units in Hempfield township with a mortgage: 602 (88 second mortgage, 118 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 535
- Metal and metal products (18%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Construction (9%)
- Health care (6%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Truck transportation (3%)
- Transportation equipment (3%)
- Health care (31%)
- Educational services (15%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Personal and laundry services (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Hempfield township:
- German (32.8%)
- Irish (13.4%)
- English (11.1%)
- Italian (9.9%)
- United States or American (8.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.8%)
- Slovak (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (26%)
- Canada (21%)
- Germany (10%)
- Vietnam (10%)
- Italy (9%)
- Iran (9%)
- Dominican Republic (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,613 (92%)
- Carpooled: 103 (6%)
- Railroad: 7 (0%)
- Worked at home: 36 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (78%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Wood (1%)
133 people in nursing homes
35 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
97.7% of residents of Hempfield township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (90% speak English very well, 10% speak English well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,837- In family households: 3,356 (994 male householders, 162 female householders)
995 spouses, 1,099 children (1,005 natural, 22 adopted, 72 stepchildren), 17 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 13 other relatives, 64 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 481 (164 male householders (138 living alone)), 266 female householders (247 living alone)), 51 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 167 (131 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 580 2-persons, 258 3-persons, 202 4-persons, 81 5-persons, 35 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 385 1-person, 45 2-persons,
681 married couples with children.
142 single-parent households (36 men, 106 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 44
| Here: | 10.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 6
| Here: | 3.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 44
| Here: | 54.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |