Nicholson township, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (58% naturalized citizens)
Nicholson township: | 1.8% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
74% of Nicholson township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 42% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1115
- Northeast: 182
- Midwest: 20
- South: 22
- West: 6
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.9% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 435
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 25
- 5 to 9: 5
- Mobile homes: 180
Median worth of mobile homes: $38,900
Housing units in Nicholson township with a mortgage: 152 (6 second mortgage, 24 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 73
- Construction (15%)
- Repair and maintenance (8%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Public administration (3%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Nicholson township:
- German (21.6%)
- Irish (14.1%)
- Italian (10.6%)
- United States or American (9.9%)
- Polish (8.8%)
- English (7.9%)
- Welsh (5.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (25%)
- Italy (25%)
- Philippines (17%)
- United Kingdom (8%)
- Netherlands (8%)
- Korea (8%)
- Canada (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 530 (80%)
- Carpooled: 64 (10%)
- Walked: 11 (2%)
- Other means: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 54 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (58%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (18%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Wood (6%)
- Coal or coke (4%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
97.6% of residents of Nicholson township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English not well).
1.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (90% speak English very well, 10% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,375- In family households: 1,230 (318 male householders, 99 female householders)
306 spouses, 427 children (403 natural, 8 adopted, 16 stepchildren), 25 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 8 other relatives, 31 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 145 (77 male householders (63 living alone)), 53 female householders (51 living alone)), 15 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 175 2-persons, 108 3-persons, 88 4-persons, 35 5-persons, 9 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 114 1-person, 16 2-persons,
233 married couples with children.
84 single-parent households (26 men, 58 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
Here: | 3.2% |
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: | 25.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |