Jefferson township, Washington County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Jefferson township: | 0.2% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
81% of Jefferson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 54% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 803
- Northeast: 18
- Midwest: 159
- South: 211
- West: 19
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $103,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 451
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 3
- 5 to 9: 2
- Mobile homes: 36
Median worth of mobile homes: $25,000
Housing units in Jefferson township with a mortgage: 167 (13 second mortgage, 22 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 113
- Metal and metal products (25%)
- Construction (18%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Construction (5%)
- Air transportation (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Registered nurses (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Customer service representatives (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Jefferson township:
- German (21.2%)
- Italian (14.0%)
- Polish (11.8%)
- Irish (11.7%)
- English (7.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (6.4%)
- United States or American (4.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (67%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 477 (87%)
- Carpooled: 52 (10%)
- Walked: 3 (1%)
- Worked at home: 14 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (38%)
- Utility gas (28%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- Wood (3%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
96.6% of residents of Jefferson township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (83% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,218- In family households: 1,097 (291 male householders, 66 female householders)
323 spouses, 366 children (344 natural, 8 adopted, 14 stepchildren), 24 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 12 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 121 (60 male householders (56 living alone)), 51 female householders (47 living alone)), 10 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 161 2-persons, 76 3-persons, 74 4-persons, 34 5-persons, 9 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 103 1-person, 6 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
237 married couples with children.
28 single-parent households (9 men, 19 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 22
| Here: | 15.5% |
| 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: 5
| Here: | 26.3% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |