Jefferson township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Jefferson township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
79% of Jefferson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 89% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 304
- Northeast: 19
- Midwest: 3
- South: 13
- West: 2
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.8% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 130
- Mobile homes: 18
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,500
Housing units in Jefferson township with a mortgage: 43 (3 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 24
- Construction (15%)
- Truck transportation (9%)
- Printing and related support activities (8%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Health care (17%)
- Public administration (17%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (14%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Child care workers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jefferson township:
- German (51.2%)
- United States or American (11.4%)
- English (8.9%)
- Italian (6.5%)
- Pennsylvania German (3.7%)
- Polish (2.8%)
- Irish (2.4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 152 (80%)
- Carpooled: 25 (13%)
- Walked: 8 (4%)
- Worked at home: 5 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (50%)
- Coal or coke (14%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Wood (9%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
98.2% of residents of Jefferson township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 346- In family households: 303 (92 male householders, 8 female householders)
86 spouses, 96 children (91 natural, 3 adopted, 2 stepchildren), 8 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 4 other relatives, 7 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 43 (22 male householders (20 living alone)), 17 female householders (15 living alone)), 4 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 47 2-persons, 32 3-persons, 14 4-persons, 5 5-persons, 1 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 35 1-person, 4 2-persons,
51 married couples with children.
13 single-parent households (2 men, 11 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3
| Here: | 8.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |