Manchester township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (72% naturalized citizens)
| Manchester township: | 3.6% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
79% of Manchester township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 24% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 475
- Northeast: 371
- Midwest: 6
- South: 11
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $118,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 531
- One, attached: 2
- Two: 2
- 3 or 4: 2
- 5 to 9: 15
- 10 to 19: 2
- 50 or more: 2
- Mobile homes: 124
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 75
Median worth of mobile homes: $43,300
Housing units in Manchester township with a mortgage: 77 (0 second mortgage, 5 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 56
- Construction (19%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- U. S. Postal service (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Health care (24%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (9%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Bus drivers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Manchester township:
- German (25.8%)
- English (19.3%)
- Irish (12.3%)
- United States or American (10.2%)
- Italian (9.4%)
- Polish (4.1%)
- French (except Basque) (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (28%)
- Korea (16%)
- Canada (16%)
- Yugoslavia (13%)
- United Kingdom (9%)
- Other Northern Europe (6%)
- Poland (6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 311 (85%)
- Carpooled: 22 (6%)
- Walked: 13 (4%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 17 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (56%)
- Wood (23%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
93.8% of residents of Manchester township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
4.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (62% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 23% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 902- In family households: 808 (228 male householders, 34 female householders)
217 spouses, 292 children (270 natural, 11 adopted, 11 stepchildren), 5 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 4 other relatives, 21 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 94 (63 male householders (57 living alone)), 23 female householders (20 living alone)), 8 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 123 2-persons, 47 3-persons, 47 4-persons, 26 5-persons, 14 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 77 1-person, 9 2-persons,
159 married couples with children.
55 single-parent households (24 men, 31 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 18
| Here: | 16.7% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
| Here: | 4.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
| Here: | 30.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |