Limestone township, Montour County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (50% naturalized citizens)
Limestone township: | 0.4% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
75% of Limestone township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 29% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 885
- Northeast: 42
- Midwest: 19
- South: 46
- West: 3
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $32,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.4%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 292
- One, attached: 9
- Two: 8
- Mobile homes: 36
Median worth of mobile homes: $43,000
Housing units in Limestone township with a mortgage: 126 (13 second mortgage, 20 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 65
- Construction (16%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (13%)
- Food (9%)
- Public administration (9%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Utilities (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (7%)
- Carpenters (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (5%)
- Customer service representatives (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Limestone township:
- German (47.4%)
- United States or American (15.6%)
- Pennsylvania German (6.1%)
- English (4.5%)
- French (except Basque) (3.7%)
- Irish (3.7%)
- Dutch (3.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Ireland (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 361 (81%)
- Carpooled: 25 (6%)
- Bicycle: 1 (0%)
- Walked: 12 (3%)
- Worked at home: 46 (10%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (52%)
- Electricity (30%)
- Coal or coke (6%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Wood (4%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
93.3% of residents of Limestone township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English well).
6.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (57% speak English very well, 36% speak English well, 2% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 999- In family households: 927 (261 male householders, 20 female householders)
253 spouses, 362 children (330 natural, 9 adopted, 23 stepchildren), 10 grandchildren, 12 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 0 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 72 (31 male householders (25 living alone)), 31 female householders (27 living alone)), 10 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 104 2-persons, 64 3-persons, 63 4-persons, 28 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 52 1-person, 10 2-persons,
258 married couples with children.
27 single-parent households (9 men, 18 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 43
Here: | 29.7% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 10
Here: | 15.9% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
Here: | 14.8% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |