Jackson township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (25% naturalized citizens)
| Jackson township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
78% of Jackson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 26% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 785
- Northeast: 12
- Midwest: 18
- South: 55
- West: 8
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 588
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 4
- Mobile homes: 71
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 10
Median worth of mobile homes: $45,500
Housing units in Jackson township with a mortgage: 101 (4 second mortgage, 16 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 95
- Construction (17%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Health care (11%)
- Food and beverage stores (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Construction (6%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jackson township:
- German (42.7%)
- United States or American (16.7%)
- Irish (11.1%)
- English (5.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.1%)
- Dutch (2.3%)
- Pennsylvania German (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 371 (80%)
- Carpooled: 50 (11%)
- Walked: 9 (2%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 29 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (54%)
- Wood (19%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Coal or coke (9%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Utility gas (1%)
97.3% of residents of Jackson township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 31% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 882- In family households: 803 (232 male householders, 42 female householders)
226 spouses, 265 children (238 natural, 2 adopted, 25 stepchildren), 12 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 7 other relatives, 14 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 79 (32 male householders (30 living alone)), 41 female householders (37 living alone)), 6 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 141 2-persons, 58 3-persons, 44 4-persons, 19 5-persons, 12 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 67 1-person, 6 2-persons,
169 married couples with children.
26 single-parent households (15 men, 11 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 12
| Here: | 12.2% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 7.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |