Jackson township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Jackson township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
70% of Jackson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 60% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 883
- Northeast: 27
- Midwest: 29
- South: 15
- West: 3
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
30 people in other nonhousehold living situations
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 313
- One, attached: 2
- 3 or 4: 2
- Mobile homes: 58
Median worth of mobile homes: $40,900
Housing units in Jackson township with a mortgage: 93 (8 second mortgage, 15 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 105
- Construction (16%)
- Truck transportation (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Wood products (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Clothing and accessories, including shoe, stores (4%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (13%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3%)
- Waiters and waitresses (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jackson township:
- German (61.2%)
- United States or American (15.2%)
- Polish (3.2%)
- Irish (3.0%)
- Italian (3.0%)
- Scottish (2.6%)
- English (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- France (50%)
- Colombia (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 335 (79%)
- Carpooled: 51 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (1%)
- Walked: 12 (3%)
- Other means: 9 (2%)
- Worked at home: 14 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (62%)
- Coal or coke (15%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Wood (5%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Utility gas (1%)
30 people in other nonhousehold living situations
94.2% of residents of Jackson township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
5.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (94% speak English very well, 6% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 931- In family households: 831 (239 male householders, 15 female householders)
243 spouses, 316 children (306 natural, 1 adopted, 9 stepchildren), 3 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 5 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 100 (31 male householders (23 living alone)), 60 female householders (57 living alone)), 9 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 30 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 116 2-persons, 52 3-persons, 55 4-persons, 17 5-persons, 7 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 80 1-person, 11 2-persons,
203 married couples with children.
22 single-parent households (6 men, 16 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 19
| Here: | 15.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 26
| Here: | 27.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
| Here: | 12.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |