Oakland township, Butler County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (65% naturalized citizens)
| Oakland township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
76% of Oakland township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 77% 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: 2781
- Northeast: 47
- Midwest: 65
- South: 106
- West: 41
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.1%
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
7 people in other group homes
3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 941
- Two: 29
- 3 or 4: 7
- 5 to 9: 5
- 20 to 49: 5
- 50 or more: 6
- Mobile homes: 175
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,100
Housing units in Oakland township with a mortgage: 358 (26 second mortgage, 63 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 254
- Metal and metal products (17%)
- Construction (12%)
- Health care (6%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Other direct selling establishments (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Health care (20%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Personal and laundry services (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Oakland township:
- German (51.6%)
- Irish (13.3%)
- English (7.1%)
- Italian (5.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (5.1%)
- Scottish (2.9%)
- United States or American (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Peru (24%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (18%)
- Philippines (18%)
- Ireland (15%)
- Germany (15%)
- Other Northern Europe (12%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,341 (86%)
- Carpooled: 132 (8%)
- Walked: 44 (3%)
- Other means: 6 (0%)
- Worked at home: 35 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (74%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (12%)
- Wood (5%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
7 people in other group homes
3 people in homes for the mentally retarded
97.4% of residents of Oakland township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,064- In family households: 2,814 (785 male householders, 112 female householders)
793 spouses, 1,020 children (938 natural, 9 adopted, 73 stepchildren), 46 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 22 parents, 16 other relatives, 15 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 250 (95 male householders (76 living alone)), 130 female householders (126 living alone)), 25 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 10 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 355 2-persons, 210 3-persons, 207 4-persons, 95 5-persons, 16 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 202 1-person, 23 2-persons,
630 married couples with children.
111 single-parent households (22 men, 89 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 11
| Here: | 3.1% |
| 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: 5
| Here: | 5.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |