Jefferson township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
Jefferson township: | 0.9% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
78% of Jefferson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 87% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1215
- Northeast: 25
- Midwest: 49
- South: 30
- West: 17
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $52,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
16 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 757
- One, attached: 351
- Two: 8
- 3 or 4: 3
- Mobile homes: 121
Median worth of mobile homes: $34,400
Housing units in Jefferson township with a mortgage: 140 (13 second mortgage, 26 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 142
- Construction (20%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Construction laborers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (11%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jefferson township:
- German (46.8%)
- United States or American (18.7%)
- Irish (8.1%)
- Italian (5.0%)
- English (3.9%)
- Polish (3.6%)
- French (except Basque) (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (46%)
- Austria (23%)
- Germany (15%)
- El Salvador (15%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 491 (79%)
- Carpooled: 79 (13%)
- Walked: 27 (4%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 24 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (55%)
- Coal or coke (14%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Wood (9%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
16 people in other group homes
98.9% of residents of Jefferson township speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,335- In family households: 1,192 (370 male householders, 39 female householders)
342 spouses, 384 children (342 natural, 17 adopted, 25 stepchildren), 19 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 3 other relatives, 25 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 143 (80 male householders (70 living alone)), 51 female householders (48 living alone)), 12 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 16 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 187 2-persons, 107 3-persons, 74 4-persons, 29 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 118 1-person, 13 2-persons,
264 married couples with children.
33 single-parent households (19 men, 14 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1
Here: | 1.3% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
Here: | 13.8% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |