Mount Pleasant township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (90% naturalized citizens)
| Mount Pleasant township: | 1.5% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
78% of Mount Pleasant township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 35% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 920
- Northeast: 381
- Midwest: 13
- South: 35
- West: 10
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $129,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
- Gay men: 0.6% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 680
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 19
- 20 to 49: 1
- Mobile homes: 114
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3
Median worth of mobile homes: $37,900
Housing units in Mount Pleasant township with a mortgage: 146 (5 second mortgage, 12 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 80
- Construction (18%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)
- Health care (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Carpenters (10%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Customer service representatives (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Mount Pleasant township:
- Irish (22.5%)
- German (16.2%)
- Polish (12.0%)
- English (11.0%)
- Italian (10.2%)
- Czech (2.7%)
- United States or American (2.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Northern Europe (35%)
- Italy (20%)
- United Kingdom (10%)
- Romania (10%)
- Cuba (10%)
- Canada (10%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 522 (76%)
- Carpooled: 81 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 13 (2%)
- Walked: 22 (3%)
- Worked at home: 49 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (58%)
- Wood (15%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
- Coal or coke (5%)
- Utility gas (1%)
96.0% of residents of Mount Pleasant township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (26% speak English very well, 74% speak English well).
2.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,389- In family households: 1,188 (325 male householders, 57 female householders)
361 spouses, 390 children (350 natural, 15 adopted, 25 stepchildren), 22 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 11 other relatives, 10 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 201 (88 male householders (69 living alone)), 76 female householders (62 living alone)), 37 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 181 2-persons, 88 3-persons, 55 4-persons, 35 5-persons, 19 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 131 1-person, 30 2-persons, 3 3-persons,
232 married couples with children.
30 single-parent households (13 men, 17 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
| Here: | 4.9% |
| 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: 4
| Here: | 17.4% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |