Jackson township, York County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (59% naturalized citizens)
| Jackson township: | 0.8% |
| 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, 76% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 57% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 5225
- Northeast: 184
- Midwest: 80
- South: 449
- West: 73
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $29,600
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,858
- One, attached: 44
- Two: 37
- 3 or 4: 20
- Mobile homes: 410
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,100
Housing units in Jackson township with a mortgage: 1,046 (149 second mortgage, 240 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 427
- Construction (15%)
- Machinery (9%)
- Paper (8%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Food (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (11%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jackson township:
- German (54.2%)
- United States or American (14.6%)
- Irish (6.2%)
- English (5.8%)
- Italian (1.9%)
- French (except Basque) (1.7%)
- Dutch (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (53%)
- Germany (31%)
- Korea (16%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,990 (90%)
- Carpooled: 213 (6%)
- Motorcycle: 14 (0%)
- Walked: 15 (0%)
- Other means: 7 (0%)
- Worked at home: 93 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (43%)
- Utility gas (19%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (19%)
- Electricity (11%)
- Wood (6%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
97.1% of residents of Jackson township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (87% speak English very well, 13% speak English well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (64% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (55% speak English very well, 45% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,086- In family households: 5,523 (1,520 male householders, 266 female householders)
1,540 spouses, 1,864 children (1,716 natural, 44 adopted, 104 stepchildren), 51 grandchildren, 16 brothers or sisters, 32 parents, 86 other relatives, 148 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 563 (302 male householders (242 living alone)), 170 female householders (130 living alone)), 91 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 9 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 742 2-persons, 438 3-persons, 388 4-persons, 157 5-persons, 50 6-persons, 11 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 372 1-person, 96 2-persons, 4 3-persons,
1,160 married couples with children.
248 single-parent households (63 men, 185 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 84
| Here: | 12.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 69
| Here: | 16.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 34
| Here: | 27.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |