Jackson township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (67% naturalized citizens)
Jackson township: | 5.2% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
63% of Jackson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 34% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 18% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2557
- Northeast: 2591
- Midwest: 146
- South: 216
- West: 84
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $157,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
60 people in homes for the physically handicapped
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,170
- One, attached: 358
- Two: 54
- 3 or 4: 44
- 5 to 9: 6
- Mobile homes: 112
Median worth of mobile homes: $28,800
Housing units in Jackson township with a mortgage: 1,267 (113 second mortgage, 233 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 396
- Construction (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Chemicals (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jackson township:
- German (22.6%)
- Italian (17.3%)
- Irish (14.0%)
- Polish (6.2%)
- English (6.2%)
- United States or American (5.1%)
- Pennsylvania German (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (19%)
- Poland (7%)
- Germany (6%)
- Guyana (5%)
- United Kingdom (5%)
- India (5%)
- Romania (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,251 (81%)
- Carpooled: 335 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 58 (2%)
- Railroad: 2 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 28 (1%)
- Other means: 11 (0%)
- Worked at home: 100 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (44%)
- Electricity (38%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Wood (5%)
- Coal or coke (5%)
- Utility gas (1%)
60 people in homes for the physically handicapped
90.9% of residents of Jackson township speak English at home.
3.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (78% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
4.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (93% speak English very well, 7% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,919- In family households: 5,276 (1,390 male householders, 247 female householders)
1,435 spouses, 1,891 children (1,744 natural, 54 adopted, 93 stepchildren), 67 grandchildren, 28 brothers or sisters, 58 parents, 54 other relatives, 106 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 643 (291 male householders (212 living alone)), 209 female householders (167 living alone)), 143 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 60 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 655 2-persons, 358 3-persons, 352 4-persons, 184 5-persons, 66 6-persons, 22 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 379 1-person, 103 2-persons, 16 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
1,368 married couples with children.
184 single-parent households (59 men, 125 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 100
Here: | 12.4% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 28
Here: | 7.2% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 42
Here: | 24.6% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |