Independence township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (64% naturalized citizens)
| Independence township: | 2.1% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
73% of Independence township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 79% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2343
- Northeast: 56
- Midwest: 125
- South: 153
- West: 18
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $30,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 724
- One, attached: 5
- Two: 11
- Mobile homes: 347
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 5
Median worth of mobile homes: $13,400
Housing units in Independence township with a mortgage: 357 (10 second mortgage, 51 home equity loan, 5 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 133
- Construction (20%)
- Air transportation (8%)
- Utilities (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Air transportation (6%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Independence township:
- German (28.5%)
- Irish (13.6%)
- Italian (13.6%)
- Polish (6.8%)
- United States or American (5.8%)
- English (5.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (5.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (21%)
- Philippines (19%)
- Taiwan (17%)
- Thailand (10%)
- France (9%)
- Germany (9%)
- Mexico (9%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,081 (83%)
- Carpooled: 88 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 49 (4%)
- Other means: 3 (0%)
- Worked at home: 73 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (52%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (19%)
- Utility gas (3%)
- Wood (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
95.7% of residents of Independence township speak English at home.
2.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (81% speak English very well, 19% speak English well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (79% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,773- In family households: 2,508 (676 male householders, 127 female householders)
685 spouses, 887 children (800 natural, 19 adopted, 68 stepchildren), 58 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 36 other relatives, 26 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 265 (102 male householders (83 living alone)), 109 female householders (79 living alone)), 54 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 313 2-persons, 176 3-persons, 182 4-persons, 98 5-persons, 23 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 162 1-person, 43 2-persons, 6 3-persons,
585 married couples with children.
132 single-parent households (34 men, 98 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 20
| Here: | 5.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 2.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 32
| Here: | 42.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |