Menno township, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (33% naturalized citizens)
| Menno township: | 0.5% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
72% of Menno township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 80% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 62% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1679
- Northeast: 9
- Midwest: 14
- South: 33
- West: 9
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $70,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 473
- One, attached: 30
- Two: 14
- 3 or 4: 2
- Mobile homes: 32
Median worth of mobile homes: $55,000
Housing units in Menno township with a mortgage: 124 (10 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 110
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (26%)
- Wood products (14%)
- Construction (11%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Private households (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (15%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Woodworkers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (16%)
- Waiters and waitresses (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Menno township:
- German (30.1%)
- United States or American (20.6%)
- Swiss (15.2%)
- Pennsylvania German (9.6%)
- Swedish (3.6%)
- Italian (3.5%)
- European (3.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Italy (22%)
- Philippines (22%)
- Thailand (22%)
- Ecuador (22%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 332 (52%)
- Carpooled: 92 (14%)
- Taxi: 6 (1%)
- Walked: 45 (7%)
- Other means: 12 (2%)
- Worked at home: 153 (24%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Wood (54%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (38%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
50.8% of residents of Menno township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (44% speak English very well, 56% speak English well).
48.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (41% speak English very well, 48% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,763- In family households: 1,688 (380 male householders, 29 female householders)
366 spouses, 879 children (846 natural, 14 adopted, 19 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 10 parents, 4 other relatives, 10 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 75 (32 male householders (32 living alone)), 42 female householders (40 living alone)), 1 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 146 2-persons, 72 3-persons, 60 4-persons, 42 5-persons, 30 6-persons, 59 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 72 1-person, 2 2-persons,
644 married couples with children.
32 single-parent households (16 men, 16 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 219
| Here: | 74.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 34
| Here: | 42.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
| Here: | 50.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |