Nicholson township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (85% naturalized citizens)
| Nicholson township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
79% of Nicholson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 85% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 54% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1437
- Northeast: 21
- Midwest: 54
- South: 449
- West: 7
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $52,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 594
- One, attached: 22
- Two: 5
- Mobile homes: 157
Median worth of mobile homes: $17,000
Housing units in Nicholson township with a mortgage: 195 (24 second mortgage, 21 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 180
- Construction (19%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Health care (29%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Personal and laundry services (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Finance and insurance (3%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Registered nurses (10%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Nicholson township:
- United States or American (16.3%)
- German (15.7%)
- Irish (13.2%)
- Italian (12.0%)
- Slovak (8.6%)
- English (7.2%)
- Polish (6.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (23%)
- Poland (23%)
- Indonesia (15%)
- Mexico (15%)
- Panama (15%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 637 (85%)
- Carpooled: 90 (12%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 4 (1%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 14 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (57%)
- Utility gas (17%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (7%)
- Coal or coke (4%)
- Wood (3%)
98.2% of residents of Nicholson township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (73% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 20% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,990- In family households: 1,809 (473 male householders, 110 female householders)
475 spouses, 620 children (596 natural, 8 adopted, 16 stepchildren), 43 grandchildren, 12 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 32 other relatives, 36 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 181 (77 male householders (73 living alone)), 89 female householders (84 living alone)), 15 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 215 2-persons, 166 3-persons, 129 4-persons, 56 5-persons, 17 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 157 1-person, 7 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
360 married couples with children.
94 single-parent households (44 men, 50 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 37
| Here: | 15.0% |
| 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: 2
| Here: | 3.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |