Jackson township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (40% naturalized citizens)
Jackson township: | 0.6% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
77% of Jackson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 82% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 77% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4675
- Northeast: 14
- Midwest: 46
- South: 130
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
27 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,604
- Two: 29
- 3 or 4: 7
- 5 to 9: 9
- Mobile homes: 376
Median worth of mobile homes: $21,100
Housing units in Jackson township with a mortgage: 559 (31 second mortgage, 70 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 723
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Construction (9%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Health care (28%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Cashiers (11%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Health technologists and technicians (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jackson township:
- German (29.6%)
- United States or American (10.9%)
- Polish (9.7%)
- Slovak (8.4%)
- Irish (8.4%)
- English (7.8%)
- Italian (6.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,820 (88%)
- Carpooled: 192 (9%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 10 (0%)
- Walked: 9 (0%)
- Other means: 21 (1%)
- Worked at home: 10 (0%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (52%)
- Utility gas (17%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Coal or coke (7%)
- Wood (3%)
27 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
97.5% of residents of Jackson township speak English at home.
0.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (91% speak English very well, 9% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,894- In family households: 4,351 (1,298 male householders, 187 female householders)
1,211 spouses, 1,437 children (1,368 natural, 23 adopted, 46 stepchildren), 53 grandchildren, 17 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 20 other relatives, 123 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 543 (219 male householders (178 living alone)), 246 female householders (230 living alone)), 78 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 31 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 669 2-persons, 362 3-persons, 302 4-persons, 121 5-persons, 31 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 408 1-person, 49 2-persons, 8 3-persons,
831 married couples with children.
165 single-parent households (42 men, 123 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 18
Here: | 3.8% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 13
Here: | 4.5% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 27
Here: | 18.6% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |