Lake township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Lake township: | 0.6% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
67% of Lake township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 70% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 624
- Northeast: 8
- Midwest: 38
- South: 27
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 207
- One, attached: 6
- 3 or 4: 3
- 5 to 9: 1
- 10 to 19: 4
- 20 to 49: 2
- Mobile homes: 31
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,400
Housing units in Lake township with a mortgage: 47 (6 second mortgage, 6 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 36
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
- Construction (12%)
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Wood products (8%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Health care (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (15%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other financial specialists (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Lake township:
- German (30.0%)
- English (14.3%)
- Irish (13.4%)
- United States or American (12.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (8.2%)
- French (except Basque) (3.5%)
- Swedish (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (50%)
- Poland (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 217 (72%)
- Carpooled: 33 (11%)
- Walked: 10 (3%)
- Worked at home: 43 (14%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (42%)
- Electricity (24%)
- Wood (20%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Utility gas (4%)
- Coal or coke (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
86.5% of residents of Lake township speak English at home.
13.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (47% speak English very well, 48% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 701- In family households: 647 (156 male householders, 26 female householders)
177 spouses, 262 children (246 natural, 1 adopted, 15 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 8 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 54 (25 male householders (22 living alone)), 27 female householders (27 living alone)), 2 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 67 2-persons, 48 3-persons, 39 4-persons, 8 5-persons, 12 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 49 1-person, 3 2-persons,
185 married couples with children.
13 single-parent households (6 men, 7 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 18
| Here: | 19.8% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
| Here: | 10.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
| Here: | 41.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |