Nelson township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
Nelson township: | 0.3% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
70% of Nelson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 30% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 383
- Northeast: 182
- Midwest: 14
- South: 17
- West: 6
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $40,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 155
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 5
- 3 or 4: 25
- 10 to 19: 2
- Mobile homes: 56
Median worth of mobile homes: $42,500
Housing units in Nelson township with a mortgage: 64 (10 second mortgage, 12 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 40
- Construction (18%)
- Machinery (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Plastics and rubber products (3%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (10%)
- Health care (9%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Apparel (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (12%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (12%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Customer service representatives (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Nelson township:
- English (24.6%)
- German (18.8%)
- United States or American (14.3%)
- Polish (9.0%)
- Italian (8.5%)
- Irish (6.6%)
- Dutch (3.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 198 (80%)
- Carpooled: 32 (13%)
- Motorcycle: 2 (1%)
- Walked: 4 (2%)
- Other means: 4 (2%)
- Worked at home: 8 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (79%)
- Wood (11%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
97.1% of residents of Nelson township speak English at home.
2.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 604- In family households: 557 (156 male householders, 38 female householders)
147 spouses, 183 children (172 natural, 5 adopted, 6 stepchildren), 9 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 6 other relatives, 14 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 47 (17 male householders (14 living alone)), 26 female householders (26 living alone)), 4 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 102 2-persons, 35 3-persons, 35 4-persons, 17 5-persons, 5 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 40 1-person, 3 2-persons,
93 married couples with children.
41 single-parent households (5 men, 36 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4
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: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |