Otter Creek township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (60% naturalized citizens)
| Otter Creek township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
81% of Otter Creek township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 73% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 34% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 534
- Northeast: 15
- Midwest: 21
- South: 20
- West: 19
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $55,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.7%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 173
- Two: 2
- 3 or 4: 2
- Mobile homes: 79
Median worth of mobile homes: $40,600
Housing units in Otter Creek township with a mortgage: 56 (4 second mortgage, 8 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 37
- Metal and metal products (21%)
- Construction (13%)
- Truck transportation (8%)
- Nonmetallic mineral products (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Health care (33%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (12%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Registered nurses (12%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (5%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Bus drivers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Otter Creek township:
- German (31.4%)
- Irish (13.1%)
- United States or American (12.6%)
- English (11.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (6.3%)
- Italian (5.6%)
- Polish (5.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (40%)
- Hungary (40%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 231 (88%)
- Carpooled: 11 (4%)
- Walked: 4 (2%)
- Other means: 2 (1%)
- Worked at home: 15 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (42%)
- Utility gas (22%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Wood (11%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (9%)
- No fuel used (1%)
97.4% of residents of Otter Creek township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (33% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 33% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 614- In family households: 534 (139 male householders, 32 female householders)
142 spouses, 189 children (179 natural, 7 adopted, 3 stepchildren), 13 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 6 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 80 (39 male householders (27 living alone)), 23 female householders (21 living alone)), 18 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 72 2-persons, 41 3-persons, 38 4-persons, 12 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 48 1-person, 14 2-persons,
128 married couples with children.
15 single-parent households (7 men, 8 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
| Here: | 7.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 4.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
| Here: | 37.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |