Jackson township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (78% 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, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 36% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 880
- Northeast: 1080
- Midwest: 25
- South: 35
- West: 21
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $131,300
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
30 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
16 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 622
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 14
- 3 or 4: 13
- 5 to 9: 17
- Mobile homes: 207
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $35,800
Housing units in Jackson township with a mortgage: 173 (11 second mortgage, 20 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 134
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Construction (8%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Health care (24%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (9%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jackson township:
- German (21.6%)
- United States or American (20.2%)
- English (17.7%)
- Irish (10.3%)
- Italian (4.0%)
- Scottish (2.9%)
- Dutch (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (33%)
- United Kingdom (22%)
- Korea (22%)
- Canada (22%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 721 (80%)
- Carpooled: 127 (14%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 18 (2%)
- Other means: 4 (0%)
- Worked at home: 31 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (67%)
- Wood (14%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Coal or coke (6%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
30 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
16 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
98.1% of residents of Jackson township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (52% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 41% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (88% speak English very well, 13% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,008- In family households: 1,790 (516 male householders, 83 female householders)
522 spouses, 578 children (536 natural, 23 adopted, 19 stepchildren), 30 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 20 other relatives, 29 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 218 (95 male householders (74 living alone)), 84 female householders (77 living alone)), 39 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 46 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 275 2-persons, 143 3-persons, 114 4-persons, 56 5-persons, 11 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 151 1-person, 21 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 5 4-persons,
400 married couples with children.
72 single-parent households (24 men, 48 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 23
| Here: | 8.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 11
| Here: | 8.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 14
| Here: | 20.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |